Weltersburg | ||
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Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°ECoordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
District | Westerwaldkreis | |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Gisela Benten | |
Area | ||
• Total | 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31) | ||
• Total | 298 | |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 56459 | |
Dialling codes | 06435 | |
Vehicle registration | WW | |
Website | www.weltersburg.de |
Weltersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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-Pfalz. Its seat is in the like-named town.
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.
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.