District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 235 m (771 ft) Area 4.74 km² Local time Wednesday 12:04 AM Dialling code 02623 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 658 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56237 | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 61% Humidity | ||
Wittgert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56237 Wittgert, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen on the borders of the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Flowing by the community is the Saynbach, which belongs to the Rhine drainage basin. Through the community itself flows the Röttgesbach, which empties into the Saynbach. Wittgert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1298, Wittgert had its first documentary mention as Widechinrode.
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.
Transport
Autobahn A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) with its Mogendorf interchange (AS 38) lies 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.