Berod bei Wallmerod

Berod at Wallmerod is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wallmerod.

  • 4.1 traffic

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Wetzlar. Through the town from north to south flows the Eisenbach. To Berod at Wallmerod includes the residential places Bruchhäuser mill dam and mill.

History

Berod first recorded in 1292 as Berrinrode documented in a necrology of the Canons Dietkirchen. The word ending -rode here refers to the medieval deforestation for the production of arable and pasture land between 800 and 1200. The first chapel in Berod must have already been built in 1150-1200. The west tower of the present church was already part of the building. The chapel and the place belonged to the parish Hundsangen. 1729 Baroque reconstruction of the chapel was completed in 1900 and the conversion to the present structure of the church. 1762 Berod had become part of a parish with Wallmerod and Ruppach. 1790 Ruppach was replaced by Zehnhausen. 1963 Wallmerod left the parish and in 1976 was replaced by Molsberg.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Berod at Wallmerod consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " Divided by double edge red - silver, divided by wave cut in confused colors. Front a Rodehacke, behind a Tongräberspaten, in the middle of an illuminated church tower ".

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • In the immediate vicinity of the site the B runs 8 connects the old churches (Westerwald ) and Limburg an der Lahn.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Diez at the A 3 Cologne -Frankfurt am Main, about 10 kilometers away.
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
Wallmerod (Verbandsgemeinde) Municipal council Altenkirchen Montabaur station Bilkheim Dreikirchen Elbingen Ettinghausen, Germany Herschbach, Wallmerod Meudt Niederahr Oberahr Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis Steinefrenz Weroth Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
119504
de