District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 293 m (961 ft) Area 2.68 km² Local time Tuesday 6:42 PM Dialling code 02601 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 317 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56237 | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 36% Humidity | ||
Wirscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56237 Wirscheid, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Wirscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1547, Wirscheid had its first documentary mention as Wersched.
Community council
The council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Transport
Autobahn A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.