Freirachdorf

Freirachdorf
Municipality
Location of Freirachdorf
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Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 7°42′54″E / 50.58389°N 7.71500°E / 50.58389; 7.71500
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Hans-Peter Hebel[1]
Area
• Total	4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Elevation	275 m (902 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	705
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02680
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.selters-ww.de

Freirachdorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.

Freirachdorf lies 1 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters (Westerwald).

In 1190, Freirachdorf had its first documentary mention. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded, which Freirachdorf also joined.

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeisterin), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

• Müsing, bicycle manufacturer

Southwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

• Freirachdorf in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)

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