Wallmerod

Wallmerod is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which also belongs to the community. Wallmerod is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Sport
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Geographical location

Wallmerod lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Rennerod.

Neighboring communities

Wallmerod borders in the north on the community Bilkheim, in the east on the community Molsberg, in the south on the community Weroth, and in the west on the community of Berod. To the southeast lies Hundsangen that is easy to reach via the B 8.

History

Wallmerode was mentioned in documents for the first time on February 4, 1276. The word ending in- rode, rod here refers to the medieval deforestation for the production of arable and pasture land. On this day, the archbishops of Cologne and Trier, the Count Gerhard von Diez, and Heinrich von Sponheim and Diether von Molsberg met. There Diether seal of Molsberg and his wife Lisa of Isenburg, that they no longer cause harm in the future Marienstatt Monastery and want to leave him all rights forever. For a long dispute between the monastery Marienstatt and the Lords of Molsberg was settled by the presence of two archbishops and several princes.

In the Duchy of Nassau, the official residence of the Office of Meudt Montabaur in 1831 moved to Wallmerod and 'the Official Wallmerod.

In the course of administrative reform in 1972 Wallmerod to the administrative office of the municipality.

The now about 1,300 inhabitants place was because of its location at an early stage is of great importance. The called right through Wallmerod leading B 8, formerly High Street or Cologne, was probably in its main branch, an ancient connection path from northwest to southeast ( from Antwerp to Innsbruck).

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wallmerod consists of 16 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 distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " spade with 'W', spade for the part of word, rod ' of clearing, ' W ' for Wallmerod. The two churches of the Protestant and Catholic Church. "

Culture and sights

Structures

Listed buildings include the house Nuber in the corner alley, the office building and jail, built in 1831, the recipe was built in 1834 with granary ( Zehnthaus ) the ducal domain, and the old brick house from the second half of the 19th century.

Sports

On 1 December 2006, the sporting and cultural hall was inaugurated, the local church Wallmerod shared with the community association Wallmerod.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • Wallmerod is conveniently located on the old trade route ( High Street ), today's B 8, between Frankfurt am Main ( 78 km) and Cologne ( 103 km) in the southern part of the Westerwald. The motorway junction Diez / Wallmerod the A 3 is 9 km away.
  • Wallmerod is on the used only for freight Westerwald cross train. The next passenger stations are now three churches and Steinefrenz on the lower Westerwaldbahn. The ICE train station Montabaur is 13 km, the ICE train station Limburg Süd at 21 km.

Education

Wallmerod has a kindergarten and a primary school.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Karl Hutter (1851-1913) was the proprietor of the pop cap.
  • John Orth (1847-1923) was a German physician, anatomist and pathologist.
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