Bannberscheid
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Bannberscheid | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bannberscheid
within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Location of Bannberscheid | |
  Bannberscheid  Bannberscheid | |
| Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 7°50′16″E / 50.47444°N 7.83778°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wirges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Georg Holl[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 683 |
| • Density | 363/km2 (941/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56424 |
| Dialling codes | 02602 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
Bannberscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality lies north of Montabaur some 260 m in elevation in meadowland with a gradually climbing slope, within the low mountain landscape of the Westerwald, which is framed by the high Westerwald and the Montabaur Heights (Montabaurer Höhenzug). Since 1971 the municipality has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 1211, Bannberscheid had its first documentary mention. From 1895 to 1897, the village church was built. The municipality was electrified in 1921 and in 1937 it was connected to the sewer system. Until the 1960s, clay quarrying was the municipality's main source of income.
Politics
municipality council
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms were introduced in 1992 upon a decision by the council. They show a bend sinister of silver and red dividing the field into blue and gold. Above is a gold waterwheel and below along the shield's edge are three blue steps.
