Wirscheid

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

Wirscheid
Coat of arms
Location of Wirscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Wirscheid
Wirscheid
Coordinates: 50°28′41″N 7°40′2″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
 • MayorBernhard Wirz
Area
 • Total2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation
293 m (961 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total336
 • Density130/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
56237
Dialling codes02601
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.wirscheid.de

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In 1547, Wirscheid had its first mention in a historical document as Wersched.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.

GrüneWG WirzTotal
20042810 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 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.


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