Leuterod

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Leuterod im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Wirges
Höhe = 305
Fläche = 3.91
Einwohner = 844
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 56244
Vorwahl = 02602
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 042
Gliederung = 2
Adresse-Verband = Bahnhofstraße 10
56422 Wirges
Website = [http://www.leuterod.de/ www.leuterod.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Georg Baldus

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

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Leuterod’s immediate neighbours are Moschheim in the southeast, Ötzingen in the northeast, Siershahn in the west and Wirges in the southwest.

Location

Together with the first two communities named above, Leuterod borders in the east on the Malberg, whose elevation of 422 m above sea level makes it the most notable feature on the landscape north of Montabaur. Through the community flows the Aubach, which – in the local way of seeing things – splits the community into two areas ("Bereiche" in German): the "Unterdorf" (“Lower Village”) and the "Insel" (“Island”). The community belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Constituent communities

Leuterod’s "Ortsteile" are Leuterod and Hosten.

History

Leuterod’s history reaches very far back. Finds on the Malberg confirm the existence of a Celtic hill fort (a place of worship) built there sometime between 800 and 600 BC.

In 1362, Leuterod had its first documentary mention as "Wendel de lutereide". Somewhat earlier, in 1311, the outlying centre of Hosten had been mentioned as "Hovesteden". Leuterod and Hosten lay at this time in the parish of Montabaur, whereby the Lords of St. Florin in Koblenz held the tithing rights.

In 1563, 12 “hearths” ("Feuerstätten", that is to say, families) were counted in Leuterod. One hundred and twenty years later, owing to the frightful aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, there was only one left . According to sagas, the community was utterly destroyed in this time and then built once more on a different spot. The "Altendorfer Weg", according to the saga, is supposedly the road to the village’s former site.

Until 1803, Leuterod belonged to the Electorate of Trier, when it passed to the Duchy of Nassau, and thereby also to Prussia in 1866.

Moreover, worth mentioning is that already by 1563, an hereditary mill (gristmill) was mentioned in the community.

Politics

Community council

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

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

East of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are "Mogendorf" and "Montabaur", both on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), both 5 km away each. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Clubs

*Förderverein der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr (Volunteer Fire Brigade Promotional Club)
*Männergesangverein Eintracht (men’s singing club, “Harmony”)
*Sportverein
*Theaterverein
*Katholische Frauengemeinschaft (Catholic women’s community)
*Kirchenchor St. Leonhard (church choir)
*Kirmesgesellschaft (kermis community)

External links

* [http://www.leuterod.de/ Leuterod] de icon
* [http://www.leuterod.net/ Unofficial page] de icon