Weltersburg
Weltersburg | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Weltersburg
within Westerwaldkreis district
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Location of Weltersburg | |
  Weltersburg Location within Germany  Weltersburg Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Gisela Benten[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 326 |
| • Density | 123/km2 (317/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 06435 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.weltersburg.de |
Weltersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
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
Between Weltersburg and Willmenrod is the rock formation and natural monument of Kranstein on the edge of a basalt quarry.
Politics
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
Transport links
Weltersburg is located in the area of the public transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), zone 429 and served by the local busses of the lines 481 and 492.
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 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Energy supply
On the ground of the former mine Erna-Marie between Weltersburg and Guckheim a solar park is under construction.
References
- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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