Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

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

Brandscheid
Coat of arms of Brandscheid
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Brandscheid is located in Germany
Brandscheid
Brandscheid
Brandscheid is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Brandscheid
Brandscheid
Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.92028°E / 50.56083; 7.92028
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Erhard Meutsch[1]
Area
 • Total3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total480
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.brandscheid.de

Geography

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Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Economy and infrastructure

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Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. 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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