Brandscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Brandscheid
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Brandscheid Show map of Germany Brandscheid Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Erhard Meutsch[1]
Area
• Total	3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	470
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56459
Dialling codes	02663
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.brandscheid.de

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

External links

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

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На других языках

[ru] Брандшайд (Вестервальд)