Welschneudorf

Welschneudorf is a municipality and a tourist resort in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Montabaur.

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Geography

The municipality is located in Unterwesterwald between Koblenz and Limburg an der Lahn in the Nassau Nature Park. Neighboring municipalities are Arzbach in the West, Oberelbert in the north, to the southeast and Hübingen Room difference in the south.

To Welschneudorf includes the residential places Good Tiergarten and Stelzenbachhof.

History

The place was first mentioned in documents as Nudorff in 1453. The area belonged to the Roman Empire, as it is directly located at the west limit ( today traces and remains in the forest visible). Walloon immigrants populated the run-down village after the Thirty Years' War, calling it " nova villa ," from which gradually Neudorf and finally Welschneudorf was. In Kurtrier time they built here a hunting arsenal, now a half as a church. In 1795 the town was completely destroyed by the retreating troops of France.

The development of the population of the municipality Welschneudorf, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Welschneudorf consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election period from 2004 to 2009 the council consisted of 16 members.

Culture and sights

See list of cultural monuments in Welschneudorf

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3 Cologne -, about seven miles from Frankfurt.
• The nearest train station is in ICE Montabaur on the railway line Frankfurt - Cologne, Koblenz or on the left bank railway line.