Meudt
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Location of Meudt within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°29′38″N 7°53′42″E / 50.49389°N 7.89500°ECoordinates: 50°29′38″N 7°53′42″E / 50.49389°N 7.89500°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Karl-Heinz Müller | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 14.70 km2 (5.68 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 335 m (1,099 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,879 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56414 | |
| Dialling codes | 06435 | |
| Vehicle registration | WW | |
| Website | auf www.wallmerod.de | |
Meudt is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the second biggest community in the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Westerburg.
Meudt’s Ortsteile are Eisen, Ehringhausen and Dahlen, which together with the main centre, also called Meudt, make up the Ortsgemeinde of Meudt. Ehringhausen lies between Meudt and Hahn am See not far from Bundesstraße 8 and has about 40 inhabitants.
With its first documentary mention in 1097 as muda or muede, the community is among the oldest settled centres in the Westerwald. Because of its older names of muda or muede it is assumed that the community is nevertheless older. The name muda suggests an old tollhouse (Maut is the German word for toll).
Meudt passed in 1564 from the County of Diez to the Electorate of Trier, and in 1803 to Nassau.
The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
The community’s arms were officially conferred on 22 January 1938 and the design is taken from the community seal borne since Nassau times (since 1816), and bears Nassau tinctures. The key stands for the community’s patron saint, Peter.
The town hall built in 1596 is the oldest maintained in the Westerwald. Notable is its roof construction with the cambered spire light. Also worth seeing are the Gangolfusbrunnen (spring), which is the Eisenbach’s source, and the Jewish cemetery.
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