Wallmerod is a Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

("collective municipality") in the district Westerwaldkreis

Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Wallmerod.

History

The collective municipality of Wallmerod was formed on 1 March 1972, from 15 local communities of the Oberwesterwald circle and five municipalities in the Unterwesterwaldkreis, which made it new and was thus initially in the field of two counties, which only changed when in 1974 the Westerwaldkreis

Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

 had been rebuilt. Wallmerod was chosen as the administrative headquarters, because it already had a tradition as the seat of a local court.

The community Hundsangen

Hundsangen

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

 wanted in the past at the request of citizens who consider themselves neither as Rhinelander still as the Palatinate

Palatinate

The County Palatine of the Rhine , later the Electoral Palatinate , was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire, a palatinate administered by a count palatine...

, to go to the neighboring federal land Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

, which, however, failed due to the non-issuance of the appropriate authorization from Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

.

The municipalities Elbingen

Elbingen

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

 and Mähren (Westerwald), which in the founding of the municipality Wallmerod, along with Elbingen-Mähren, were the first on 1 January 1994, to again become independent municipalities. Both communities remained in the collective municipality.

Municipalities

The Verbandsgemeinde Wallmerod consists of the following ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Arnshöfen Arnshöfen Arnshöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.-Location:... Berod bei Wallmerod Berod bei Wallmerod Berod bei Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Bilkheim Bilkheim Bilkheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Dreikirchen Dreikirchen Dreikirchen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Elbingen Elbingen Elbingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Ettinghausen Ettinghausen, Germany Ettinghausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg... Hahn am See Hahn am See Hahn am See is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur und Hachenburg... Herschbach, Wallmerod Herschbach, Wallmerod Herschbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany... Hundsangen Hundsangen Hundsangen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Kuhnhöfen Kuhnhöfen Kuhnhöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.-Location:... Mähren Mähren Mähren is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Westerburg...

Meudt Meudt Meudt is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the second biggest community in the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.... Molsberg Molsberg Molsberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :... Niederahr Niederahr Niederahr is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Oberahr Oberahr Oberahr is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Obererbach Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Salz Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate Salz is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Steinefrenz Steinefrenz Steinefrenz is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Wallmerod Wallmerod Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:Wallmerod lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Rennerod... Weroth Weroth Weroth is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:... Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community part of a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of two communities named Zehnhausen in the Westerwaldkreis, the other being Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.-Location:The community lies in the...