Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coat of arms of Brandscheid
Coat of arms
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
(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 codes02663Vehicle registrationWWWebsitewww.brandscheid.de

Brandscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community 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 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

  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.

External links

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