Wallmerod is a ''

Verbandsgemeinde A (; plural ) is a low-level administrative division, administrative unit in the Germany, German States of Germany, federal states of Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A is typically composed of a small group of Municipalitie ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the district

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, in

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. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Wallmerod.

History

The collective municipality of Wallmerod was formed on 1 March 1972, from 15 local communities of the Oberwesterwald circle and five municipalities in the Unterwesterwaldkreis. It was thus initially in the field of ''two'' counties, which changed in 1974 when the

had been rebuilt. Wallmerod was chosen as the administrative headquarters, because of its history as the seat of a local court. The community

Hundsangen Hundsangen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The village is located in the Westerwald region between Montabaur and Limburg a ...

wanted to go to the neighboring federal land

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, which, however, failed due to the non-issuance of the appropriate authorization from

. This request was made at the request of citizens who do consider themselves to be the Palatinate rather than Rhinelanders. On 1 January 1994 the municipalities Elbingen, Mähren (Westerwald) and Elbingen-Mähren were the first to become independent municipalities. The first two remained in the collective municipality.

Municipalities

The Wallmerod consists of the following ("local municipalities"):

References

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