Wirscheid

Wirscheid
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wirscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Location of Wirscheid
Wirscheid Show map of Germany Wirscheid Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°28′41″N 7°40′2″E / 50.47806°N 7.66722°E / 50.47806; 7.66722
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Christine Klasen[1]
Area
• Total	2.68 km^2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	341
• Density	127/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56237
Dialling codes	02601
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wirscheid.de

Wirscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Wirscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1547, Wirscheid had its first mention in a historical document as Wersched.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

	Grüne	WG Wirz	Total
2004	2	8	10 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Autobahn A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

External links

• Wirscheid (in German)