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

Wirscheid
Municipality
Location of Wirscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Wirscheid
Wirscheid
Coordinates: 50°28′41″N 7°40′2″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
  Mayor (201924) Christine Klasen[1]
Area
  Total2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation
293 m (961 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total341
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56237
Dialling codes02601
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.wirscheid.de

Geography


The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Wirscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.


History


In 1547, Wirscheid had its first mention in a historical document as Wersched.


Politics


The municipal council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

GrüneWG WirzTotal
20042810 seats

Economy and infrastructure


Autobahn A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. 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 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.




На других языках


- [en] Wirscheid

[ru] Виршайд

Виршайд (нем. Wirscheid) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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