Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

Brandscheid

Coat of arms
Brandscheid
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.92028°E / 50.56083; 7.92028Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.92028°E / 50.56083; 7.92028
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 (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 488
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.


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