Goddert
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| Goddert | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Selters (Westerwald) |
| Mayor | Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 2.39 km² (0.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (886 ft) |
| Population | 428 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 179 /km² (464 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56244 |
| Area code | 02626 |
| Website | www.selters-ww.de |
| Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.
[edit] History
In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 8 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Seat apportionment at community council:
| WG Kohlenberg | Grüne | Total | |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 8 seats |
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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