Girod

Girod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the Eisenbach and on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.Constituent communitiesGirod has one outlying Ortsteil named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.HistoryIn 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.Economy and infrastructureTransportGirod has a request stop on the Lower Westerwald Railway, each 5 km away.