Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

Brandscheid
Coat of arms of Brandscheid
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district

Location of Brandscheid
Brandscheid  is located in Germany
Brandscheid
Brandscheid
Location within Germany
Brandscheid  is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Brandscheid
Brandscheid
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
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
 • Total
3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
480
 • 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

Brandscheid (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁantˌʃaɪt]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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

Northwest of the municipality 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

  1. ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.