Maroth

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Maroth
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Location of Maroth within Westerwaldkreis district
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Maroth
Coordinates: 50°34′38″N7°41′23″E / 50.57722°N 7.68972°E / 50.57722; 7.68972 Coordinates: 50°34′38″N7°41′23″E / 50.57722°N 7.68972°E / 50.57722; 7.68972
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Government
   Mayor (201924) Gerhard Willms [1]
Area
  Total3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
  Total245
  Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56271
Dialling codes 02689
Vehicle registration WW

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

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Geography

The locality belongs to the area Westerwaldkreis - village Maroth with the degree of 7.68755 is obendrein WW is the license plate of Maroth - The locality has a population of 224 inhabitants Country code 02689 in addition the municipality has the postal code 56271.

History

In 1344, Maroth had its first documentary mention. Maroth was once split into two. Witness to the former division of Maroth, formerly known as Malre, Maillrode, Mairot and Moort, and Hausen, formerly known as Huissen, Isenburgshausen and Trierischhausen, are the two outliers that can still be seen today. The municipal area even now is not fully contiguous, and two exclaves that can be reached only by crossing Marienhausen’s or Dierdorf’s municipal area are to be found outside the community’s main territory. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded, to which Maroth belongs.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Southwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413, leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Sons and daughters

Clubs

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References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.