Weroth

Weroth
Coat of arms
Weroth
Location of Weroth within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°27′37″N 7°56′52″E / 50.46028°N 7.94778°E / 50.46028; 7.94778Coordinates: 50°27′37″N 7°56′52″E / 50.46028°N 7.94778°E / 50.46028; 7.94778
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor	Frank Reusch
Area
• Total	2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	597
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wallmerod.de

Weroth 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 Limburg an der Lahn. Weroth lies 290 m above sea level. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Neighbouring communities

Weroth’s neighbours are Hundsangen, Wallmerod, Dreikirchen and Steinefrenz.

History

In 1322, Weroth had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 11 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right nearby to the community’s north runs Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 4 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Regular events

Saint Sebastian’s Day on 20 January is to this day still a holiday in Weroth, as the community was spared a Plague epidemic.

Likewise held every year is the Live-Rock-Festival at the Bürgerhaus on Kirmesfreitag (“Kermis Friday”)

References

External links

• Weroth (German)

Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
Ailertchen Alpenrod Alsbach Arnshöfen Astert Atzelgift Bad Marienberg Bannberscheid Bellingen Berod bei Wallmerod Berzhahn Bilkheim Boden Bölsberg Borod Brandscheid Breitenau Bretthausen Caan Daubach Deesen Dernbach Dreifelden Dreikirchen Dreisbach Ebernhahn Eitelborn Elbingen Ellenhausen Elsoff Enspel Ettinghausen Ewighausen Fehl-Ritzhausen Freilingen Freirachdorf Gackenbach Gehlert Gemünden Giesenhausen Girkenroth Girod Goddert Görgeshausen Großholbach Großseifen Guckheim Hachenburg Hahn am See Hahn bei Marienberg Halbs Hardt Hartenfels Härtlingen Hattert Heilberscheid Heiligenroth Heimborn Helferskirchen Hellenhahn-Schellenberg Hergenroth Herschbach, Selters Herschbach, Wallmerod Heuzert Hilgert Hillscheid Höchstenbach Hof Höhn Höhr-Grenzhausen Holler Homberg Horbach Hübingen Hüblingen Hundsangen Hundsdorf Irmtraut Kaden Kadenbach Kammerforst Kirburg Kölbingen Kroppach Krümmel Kuhnhöfen Kundert Langenbach bei Kirburg Langenhahn Lautzenbrücken Leuterod Liebenscheid Limbach Linden Lochum Luckenbach Mähren Marienrachdorf Maroth Marzhausen Maxsain Merkelbach Meudt Mogendorf Molsberg Montabaur Mörlen Mörsbach Moschheim Mudenbach Mündersbach Müschenbach Nauort Nentershausen Neuhäusel Neunkhausen Neunkirchen Neustadt Niederahr Niederelbert Niedererbach Niederroßbach Niedersayn Nister Nisterau Nister-Möhrendorf Nistertal Nomborn Nordhofen Norken Oberahr Oberelbert Obererbach Oberhaid Oberrod Oberroßbach Ötzingen Pottum Quirnbach Ransbach-Baumbach Rehe Rennerod Roßbach Rotenhain Rothenbach Rückeroth Ruppach-Goldhausen Salz Salzburg Schenkelberg Seck Selters Sessenbach Sessenhausen Siershahn Simmern Stahlhofen Stahlhofen am Wiesensee Staudt Stein-Neukirch Stein-Wingert Steinebach an der Wied Steinefrenz Steinen Stockhausen-Illfurth Stockum-Püschen Streithausen Unnau Untershausen Vielbach Wahlrod Waigandshain Waldmühlen Wallmerod Weidenhahn Welkenbach Welschneudorf Weltersburg Weroth Westerburg Westernohe Wied Willingen Willmenrod Winkelbach Winnen Wirges Wirscheid Wittgert Wölferlingen Zehnhausen bei Rennerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod