Niederahr

Niederahr
Niederahr
Location of Niederahr within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°29′31″N 7°51′40″E / 50.49194°N 7.86111°E / 50.49194; 7.86111Coordinates: 50°29′31″N 7°51′40″E / 50.49194°N 7.86111°E / 50.49194; 7.86111
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Mayor	Hermann Girhard
Basic statistics
Area	4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m  (984 ft)
Population	840 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	208 /km2 (540 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	56414
Area code	02602
Website	www.wallmerod.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. Through the community flows the Ahrbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 959, Niederahr had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 5 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Established businesses

Westfalia Separator makes decanters at its Niederahr works.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf. 

External links

• Niederahr (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.