Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 270 m (890 ft) Area 239 ha Population 433 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 02626 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald) Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Thursday 1:41 AM Postal code 56244 | |
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Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
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Map of Goddert, Germany
Location
The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.
History
In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.
Community council
The council is made up of 8 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Seat apportionment at community council:
Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.