Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis
Appearance
Brandscheid | |
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Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.92028°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor | Erhard Meutsch |
Area | |
• Total | 3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 480 |
• Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56459 |
Dialling codes | 02663 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.brandscheid.de |
Brandscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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