Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Brandscheid
image_photo =
Wappen = Brandscheid_wappen.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 33 |lat_sec = 39
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 55 |lon_sec = 13
Lageplan = Brandscheid im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 420
Fläche = 3.03
Einwohner = 520
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 213
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.brandscheid.de www.brandscheid.de]
Bürgermeister = Erhard Meutsch

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

Geography

Location

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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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.

External links

* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/berzhahn/index.phtml Brandscheid in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon