Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis
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| Brandscheid | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Mayor | Erhard Meutsch |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 3.03 km² (1.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1378 ft) |
| Population | 520 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 172 /km² (444 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 02663 |
| Website | www.brandscheid.de |
| Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Brandscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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