Welschneudorf

Welschneudorf
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Coordinates: 50°22′24″N 7°47′53″E / 50.37333°N 7.79806°E / 50.37333; 7.79806Coordinates: 50°22′24″N 7°47′53″E / 50.37333°N 7.79806°E / 50.37333; 7.79806
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Günther Perlick[1]
Area
• Total	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	958
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	02608
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Welschneudorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – and a Luftkurort (“air health resort”) in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography[]

The community lies in the Lower Westerwald between Koblenz and Limburg an der Lahn in the Nassau Nature Park. Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History[]

In 1453, Welschneudorf had its first documentary mention as Nudorff. In 1817, it was burnt down by advancing French troops.

Politics[]

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure[]

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Linke Rheinstrecke.

References[]

External links[]

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

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