Goddert

Goddert
Coat of arms
Goddert
Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°ECoordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg
Area
• Total	2.39 km^2 (0.92 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	457
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02626
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.selters-ww.de

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. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

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.

Politics

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 7 June 2009.

Seat apportionment at community council:

	WG Kohlenberg	Grüne	Total
2004	7	1	8 seats

Economy and infrastructure

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.

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.

External links

• Goddert in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)