Weroth

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Coat of arms of the local community Weroth
Weroth
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Weroth highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wallmerod
Height : 285 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.52 km 2
Residents: 586 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 233 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56414
Area code : 06435
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 080
Association administration address:
Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website : www.weroth.de
Local Mayor : Achim Kremer
Location of the local community Weroth in the Westerwaldkreis
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Weroth is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn . Weroth is 290  m above sea level. NN . The neighboring communities are Hundsangen , Wallmerod , Berod , Dreikirchen and Steinefrenz .

history

Weroth was first mentioned in a document in 1322.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 117
1835 188
1871 250
1905 227
1939 315
1950 373
year Residents
1961 389
1970 438
1987 487
1997 567
2005 625
2019 586

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Weroth consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Achim Kremer became the local mayor of Weroth in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with 89.16% of the votes.

Kremer's predecessor Frank Reusch held the office from 1999 to 2014.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Weroth
 Blazon : “A red piece of göpel in gold, inside a silver bell tower with two black sound windows on a growing silver roof, covered by a blue urn under the tower; in front and behind a green oak branch with three leaves and an acorn. "

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal road 8 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg) , runs in the immediate vicinity north of the village . The next motorway junction is Diez on federal motorway 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ), about four kilometers away. The closest ICE stop is Montabaur station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line (around ten kilometers); the nearest station is Steinefrenz station, around two kilometers away, on the Unterwesterwaldbahn from Limburg to Siershahn .

Established businesses

  • Creaton , manufacturer of pan bricks, has one of its production sites in Weroth.

Personalities

Others

The Sebastianstag on January 20, is still in holiday Weroth, because the church was spared from the plague.

The live rock festival also takes place annually in the community center on the Friday of the fair.

See also

Web links

Commons : Weroth  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ a b Horst Reusch: Local history. Mayor. Weroth community, July 20, 2014, accessed July 8, 2020 .
  5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .