Weltersburg

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Weltersburg.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 31 |lat_sec = 24
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 57 |lon_sec = 38
Lageplan = Weltersburg im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 400
Fläche = 2.66
Einwohner = 274
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 06435
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 307
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.weltersburg.de www.weltersburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Gisela Benten

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

Geography

Location

Weltersburg lies 4 km southeast 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. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 7 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

South of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" 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.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/weltersburg/index.phtml Weltersburg in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon