Weltersburg | |
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Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Gisela Benten [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 325 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 56459 |
Dialling codes | 06435 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.weltersburg.de |
Weltersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Weltersburg lies 4 km southeast of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Pfalz. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Between Weltersburg and Willmenrod is the rock formation and natural monument of Kranstein on the edge of a basalt quarry.
The municipal council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 ( Cologne– Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Weltersburg | |
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Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Gisela Benten [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 325 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 56459 |
Dialling codes | 06435 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.weltersburg.de |
Weltersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Weltersburg lies 4 km southeast of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Pfalz. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Between Weltersburg and Willmenrod is the rock formation and natural monument of Kranstein on the edge of a basalt quarry.
The municipal council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 ( Cologne– Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.