Irmtraut

Irmtraut
Municipality
Coat of arms of Irmtraut
Coat of arms
Location of Irmtraut within Westerwaldkreis district
Location of Irmtraut within Westerwaldkreis district
Interactive map of Irmtraut
Irmtraut is located in Germany
Irmtraut
Location within Germany
Irmtraut is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Irmtraut
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°33′20″N 8°03′41″E / 50.55556°N 8.06139°E / 50.55556; 8.06139
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Rennerod
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24)Jens Peter Heun
Area
 • Total
4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
791
 • Density175/km2 (453/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56479
Dialling codes06436
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.irmtraut.de

Irmtraut is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg at the boundary with Hesse. Irmtraut belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 879, Irmtraut had its first documentary mention when Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau donated holdings here to the St. Severus Monastery in Gemünden.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 14 council members, who all belong to the Wählergemeinschaft ("Voters' Community"), and who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

The local bus line 477 runs on the route Rehe - Rennerod - Irmtraut - Westerburg Montabaur. The village is located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Limburg-Nord on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.

2. Armentrout Family History 1739-1978 by Russell S. Armentrout, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society (1980)