Welschneudorf

Welschneudorf
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Welschneudorf within Westerwaldkreis district
Welschneudorf Welschneudorf
Coordinates: 50°22′24″N 7°47′53″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Schmidt
Area
• Total	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	972
• Density	130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	02608
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Welschneudorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – and a Luftkurort (“air health resort”) in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Lower Westerwald between Koblenz and Limburg an der Lahn in the Nassau Nature Park. Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1453, Welschneudorf had its first documentary mention as Nudorff. In 1817, it was burnt down by advancing French troops.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Linke Rheinstrecke.

External links

• Welschneudorf in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)