Wahlrod

Wahlrod
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wahlrod within Westerwaldkreis district
Wahlrod Wahlrod
Coordinates: 50°39′1″N 7°43′13″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Sandra Dörner
Area
• Total	5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	870
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57614
Dialling codes	02680
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wahlrod.de

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

Geography

The community lies in the northern Westerwaldkreis and borders on Altenkirchen district. Wahlrod belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1249, Wahlrod had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Wahlrod (in German)
• Wahlrod in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)