Leuterod is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''

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'' – in the

Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein ...

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Geography

Neighbouring municipalities

Leuterod's immediate neighbours are Moschheim in the southeast,

Ötzingen Ötzingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies at the foot of the Malberg, a wooded volcanic cone found within the n ...

in the northeast,

Siershahn Siershahn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History Clay finds from La Tène times have been unearthed here. In 1211, Siershahn had its first do ...

in the west, and

Wirges Wirges () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Wirges lies in a high hollow in the further Westerwald between Köppel and Malberg, roughly 5 km northwest of Montabaur and 20 km northeast of Koble ...

in the southwest.

Location

Together with the first two municipalities named above, Leuterod borders in the east on the Malberg, whose elevation of 422 m above

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makes it the most notable feature on the landscape north of

Montabaur Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to wh ...

. The river Aubach divides the municipality into two zones (''Bereiche'' in

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): the ''Unterdorf'' (“Lower Village”) and the ''Insel'' (“Island”). The municipality belongs to the Wirges Verbandsgemeinde (the municipal association of Wirges).

Constituent municipalities

Leuterod's ''

Ortsteil A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...

e'' are Leuterod and Hosten.

History

Leuterod's history reaches very far back. Finds on the Malberg confirm the existence of a

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(a place of worship) built there sometime between 800 and 600 BC. In 1362, Leuterod had its first documentary mention as ''Wendel de lutereide''. Somewhat earlier, in 1311, the outlying centre of Hosten had been mentioned as ''Hovesteden''. Leuterod and Hosten lay at this time in the parish of Montabaur, whereby the Lords of St. Florin in Koblenz held the

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rights. In 1563, 12 “hearths” (''Feuerstätten'', that is to say, families) were counted in Leuterod. One hundred and twenty years later, owing to the frightful aftermath of the

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, there was only one left. According to Sagas, the municipality was utterly destroyed at this time and then built once more on a different spot. The ''Altendorfer Weg'', according to the saga, is supposedly the road to the village's former site. Until 1803, Leuterod belonged to the

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, when it passed to the

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, and thereby also to

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in 1866. Moreover, it worth mentioning is that by 1563, a hereditary mill (

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) was mentioned in the municipality.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who was elected in a

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in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

East of the municipality runs ''

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'' 255, linking

and

Rennerod Rennerod is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Within the municipal area, until German Reunification on 3 Octobe ...

. The nearest

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interchanges are ''

Mogendorf Mogendorf is a municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. Geography Mogendorf is located in a valley in the southwestern part of the Westerwald mountains and within the boundaries of the Kannenbäckerland, ...

'' and ''

'', both on the A 3 (

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–

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), both 5 km away each. The nearest

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stop is the

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at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Clubs

*Förderverein der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr (Volunteer

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Promotional Club) *Männergesangverein Eintracht (men's singing club, “Harmony”) * Sportverein *

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verein *Katholische Frauengemeinschaft (

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women's community) *Kirchenchor St. Leonhard (church

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) *Kirmesgesellschaft (

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community)

References

External links

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