Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate

Salz
Salz
	Coat of arms
	Location of Salz within Westerwaldkreis district
	Salz Salz
	Coordinates: 50°30′36″N 7°57′49″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Malm
Area
• Total	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	855
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wallmerod.de

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

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Rennerod. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1150, Salz had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

The Catholic parish church of St. Adelphus is a Romanesque basilica with a Late Gothic quire. Lying buried in the church is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfathers.

Just west of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 13 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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