Irmtraut

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Irmtraut.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 33 |lat_sec = 20
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 03 |lon_sec = 41
Lageplan = Irmtraut im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 360
Fläche = 4.52
Einwohner = 801
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56479
Vorwahl = 06436
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 246
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.irmtraut.de/ www.irmtraut.de]
Bürgermeister = Alfons Giebeler

Irmtraut 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 Siegen and Limburg at the boundary with Hesse. Irmtraut belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

History

In 879, Irmtraut had its first documentary mention when Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau donated holdings here to the St. Severus Monastery in Gemünden.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 14 council members, who all belong to the "Wählergemeinschaft" ("Voters' Community"), and who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running right through the community is "Bundesstraße" 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Limburg-Nord on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Other

“Irmtraut” is also a woman’s name in German.

External links

* [http://www.irmtraut.de/ Irmtraut]
* [http://rz-home.de/~jmuelle8/regiomontanus-dateien/jmueller/irmtraut.html Webpage about Irmtraut]