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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Westerwaldkreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
5.99 km²

Postal code
  
57614

Dialling code
  
02680

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Elevation
  
290 m (950 ft)

Postal codes
  
57614

Local time
  
Thursday 10:16 PM

Population
  
859 (31 Dec 2008)

Municipal assoc.
  
Hachenburg

Wahlrod

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 76% Humidity

Wahlrod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Map of Wahlrod, Germany

Location

The community lies in the northern Westerwaldkreis and borders on Altenkirchen district. Wahlrod belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1249, Wahlrod had its first documentary mention.

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the honorary mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Transport

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

Wahlrod Wikipedia