Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 320 m (1,050 ft) Area 4.96 km² Population 892 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06435 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Wallmerod Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Saturday 2:01 AM Postal code 56414 | |
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Salz is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of Salz, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Rennerod. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1150, Salz had its first documentary mention.
Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Buildings
The Catholic parish church of St. Adelphus is a Romanesque basilica with a Late Gothic quire. Lying buried in the church is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfathers.
Transport
Just west of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 13 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.