- Wallmerod
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen von Wallmerod.png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 29 |lat_sec = 08
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 57 |lon_sec = 06
Lageplan = Wallmerod im Westerwaldkreis.png
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Wallmerod
Höhe = 320
Fläche = 2.66
Einwohner = 1310
Stand = 2007-12-31
PLZ = 56414
PLZ-alt = 5431
Vorwahl = 06435
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 304
Adresse-Verband = Gerichtsstraße 1
56414 Wallmerod
Website = [http://www.wallmerod.de/home/gemeinden/wallmerod/index.html Wallmerod]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Peter Krings
Bürgermeistertitel= OrtsbürgermeisterWallmerod is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "
Verbandsgemeinde " – in theWesterwaldkreis inRhineland-Palatinate ,Germany .Geography
Location
Wallmerod lies in the
Westerwald betweenMontabaur andRennerod . The community is the seat of the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.Neighbouring communities
Wallmerod borders in the north on the community of
Bilkheim , in the east on the community ofMolsberg , in the south on the community ofWeroth , and in the west on the community of Berod. To the southeast liesHundsangen , which can easily be reachd over "Bundesstraße " 8.History
On 4 February 1276, Wallmerode had its first documentary mention. On this day the Archbishops of Cologne and Trier and the Counts Gerhard von Diez, Heinrich von Sponheim and Diether von Molsberg all met, at which time Count Diether von Molsberg and his wife, Lisa von Isenburg, sealed a pledge in future not to harm the Marienstatt Monastery any longer, and to relinquish thereto all rights for evermore. Thus, in two archbishops’ and several princes’ presence, was a longstanding dispute between the Marienstatt Monastery and the Lords of Molsberg laid to rest.
In the
Duchy of Nassau , the seat of the "Amt" ofMeudt was shifted from Montabaur to Wallmerod, and given the new name "Amt Wallmerod".In the course of administrative reform, Wallmerod became the seat of the "Verbandsgemeinde" in 1972.
The community, which today has some 1,400 inhabitants, was, owing to its location, already of great importance early on. "Bundesstraße" 8 running through the middle of Wallmerod and formerly called "Hohe Straße" (“High Road”) or "Kölnische Straße" (“Cologne Road”), was likely, in its main branch, an age-old transport link from the northwest to the southeast (from
Antwerp toInnsbruck ).Population development
Coat of arms
The spade with the W refers to the community’s name. The W is, of course, the initial letter, but moreover, the spade stands for the placename element "–rod", from the root of "Rodung" (“clearing” in German; cognate with “Roding” found in some English placenames). The two churches stand for the community’s Evangelical and Catholic churches.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Buildings under monumental protection are, among others, the tithe house built in 1834, the prison from the first half of the 19th century and the old bakehouse.
Sport
On 1 December 2006, the sport and culture hall was dedicated, which the "Ortsgemeinde" of Wallmerod shares with the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wallmerod.
Economy and infrastructure
Wallmerod lies favourably with regard to transport on the old trade road ("Hohe Straße"), nowadays called "Bundesstraße" 8, between
Frankfurt am Main (78 km) andCologne (103 km) in the southern Westerwald. TheAutobahn interchange "Diez /Wallmerod" on the A 3 (Cologne –Frankfurt) is 9 km away.Wallmerod lies on the Westerwaldquerbahn (
railway ), now only used for goods services. The nearest passenger stations, however, are "Dreikirchen " and "Steinefrenz " on the Unterwesterwaldbahn. TheInterCityExpress station at Montabaur is 13 km away, and the one at Limburg Süd is 21 km away.Education
Wallmerod has at its disposal one
kindergarten and oneprimary school .Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
Johannes Orth (born 14 January 1847 in Wallmerod; died 13 January 1923 in Berlin) was a German physician, anatomist and pathologist.External links
* [http://www.wallmerod.de/home/gemeinden/wallmerod/index.html Wallmerod in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon
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