Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Brandscheid (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁantˌʃaɪt]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Brandscheid
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Brandscheid | |
  Brandscheid Location within Germany  Brandscheid Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Erhard Meutsch[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 480 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 02663 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.brandscheid.de |
Geography
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.
Economy and infrastructure
Northwest of the municipality 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.
