Kundert

Kundert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The residential community of Kundert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, in the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.HistoryIn 1346, Kundert had its first documentary mention under the name Kunderoed. Kundert was once an agriculturally oriented village, but nowadays is more a residential community.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.Economy and infrastructureTransportSouth of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Freudenberg, Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund - Gießen). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.