Goddert

Goddert

Coat of arms
Goddert
Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E / 50.54917; 7.74694Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E / 50.54917; 7.74694
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Government
 • Mayor Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg
Area
 • Total 2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation 270 m (890 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 442
 • Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56244
Dialling codes 02626
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.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

Location

The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

History

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

Community council

The council is made up of 8 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 KohlenbergGrüneTotal
2004718 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). 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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