Goddert

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen = Wappen von Goddert.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 32 |lat_sec = 57
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 44 |lon_sec = 49
Lageplan = Goddert im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Selters (Westerwald)
Höhe = 270
Fläche = 2.39
Einwohner = 428
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56244
Vorwahl = 02626
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 022
Adresse-Verband = Am Saynbach 5 - 7
56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website = [http://www.selters-ww.de/adressedetail.php?addrid=435&lay1=2&lay2=1&lay3=0&lay4=0 www.selters-ww.de]
Bürgermeister = Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg

Goddert is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Selters, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

History

In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names "Gonderode" und "Goderoth". In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor ("Ortsbürgermeister"), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

"Seat apportionment at community council:"

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Northwest of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Mogendorf" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.selters-ww.de/adressedetail.php?addrid=435&lay1=2&lay2=1&lay3=0&lay4=0 Goddert in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon