Goddert

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Selters (Westerwald)
Height :	263 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.39 km 2
Residents:	452 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	189 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56244
Area code :	02626
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 022
Association administration address:	Am Saynbach 5–7 56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-selters.de
Local Mayor :	Peter Aller
Location of the local community Goddert in the Westerwaldkreis

View over Goddert

Half-timbered yard in Goddert

Birkenallee on the way to Marienrachdorf

Goddert (dialect: Gorert ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Selters (Westerwald) .

Geographical location

The rural residential community of Goddert is located three kilometers north of Selters in the center of the Westerwald .

history

Goddert was first mentioned in 1476 under the names Gonderode and Goderoth .

Population development

The development of the population of Goddert, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 121 1835 138 1871 158 1905 155 1939 157 1950 220

year Residents 1961 208 1970 259 1987 303 1997 409 2005 438 2019 452

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Goddert consists of eight council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	GREEN	WGR	total
2019	2	6th	8 seats
2014	1	7th	8 seats
2009	1	7th	8 seats
2004	1	7th	8 seats

mayor

In August 2018, Peter Aller was appointed by the local council. He was confirmed in office with 80.21 percent in the 2019 local elections.

Aller's predecessor, Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg, had held the post for 24 years before resigning for health reasons.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In gold a blue tip, inside a golden, striding lion, on the right a green oak branch with three leaves and an acorn, on the left three green ears of corn."

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The B 413 runs northwest of the community and runs from Bendorf to Hachenburg .
• The next motorway junction is Ransbach-Baumbach on the A3 .
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Honorary citizen

• Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg, municipal council member from 1974, first alderman from 1979 to 1989 and local mayor from 1994 to 2018, was made an honorary citizen in September 2018 for his services.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Goddert

Web links

Commons : Goddert  - collection of images

• Local community Goddert on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hermann Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as local nonsense ( memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 16 (PDF; 129 kB)
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections , accessed on July 17, 2019
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2018
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, individual results
7. ↑ ^{a b} Blick Aktuell: Honorable farewell with a tear in your buttonhole. Krupp Verlags GmbH, Sinzig, September 11, 2018, accessed on June 10, 2020 .