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Weltersburg

Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E / 50.52333; 7.96056
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Weltersburg
Coat of arms of Weltersburg
Location of Weltersburg within Westerwaldkreis district
Weltersburg is located in Germany
Weltersburg
Weltersburg
Weltersburg is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Weltersburg
Weltersburg
Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E / 50.52333; 7.96056
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Gisela Benten[1]
Area
 • Total2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total325
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes06435
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.weltersburg.de

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

Geography

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Location

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Weltersburg lies 4 km southeast of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Pfalz. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Natural monuments

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Between Weltersburg and Willmenrod is the rock formation and natural monument of Kranstein on the edge of a basalt quarry.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

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South of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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