Goddert

Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.HistoryIn 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 8 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor, who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.Seat apportionment at community council:Economy and infrastructureTransportNorthwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.