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Goddert

Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E / 50.54917; 7.74694
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Goddert
Coat of arms of Goddert
Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district
Goddert is located in Germany
Goddert
Goddert
Goddert is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Goddert
Goddert
Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E / 50.54917; 7.74694
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Selters (Westerwald)
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Peter Aller[1]
Area
 • Total2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total449
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56244
Dialling codes02626
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.selters-ww.de

Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

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The rural residential community of Goddert lies three km (1.9 mi) north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

History

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In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of eight council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Seat apportionment at community council:

WG Kohlenberg Grüne Total
2004 7 1 8 seats

Economy and infrastructure

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Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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