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Wirscheid
Municipality
Coat of arms of Wirscheid
Coat of arms
Location of Wirscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
 • MayorBernhard Wirz
Area
 • Total
2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation
293 m (961 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
339
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56237
Dialling codes02601
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.wirscheid.de

Wirscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Wirscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1547, Wirscheid had its first documentary mention as Wersched.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Grüne WG Wirz Total
2004 2 8 10 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Autobahn A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.


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