Berod bei Wallmerod

Berod bei Wallmerod
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Berod bei Wallmerod within Westerwaldkreis district
Berod bei Wallmerod Berod bei Wallmerod
Coordinates: 50°28′54″N 7°56′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Collin Schmidt
Area
• Total	3.92 km2 (1.51 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	548
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wallmerod.de

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

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Wetzlar. Through the community from north to south flows the Eisenbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1292, Berod had its first documentary mention as Berrinrode.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in the municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8 linking Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Limburg an der Lahn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt am Main), some 10 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is at the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Berod bei Wallmerod in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)