Brandscheid is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''
Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the
Westerwaldkreis in
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany.
Geography
Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of
Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded
''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Economy and infrastructure
Northwest of the community runs ''
Bundesstraße'' 255 leading from
Montabaur to
Herborn. The nearest
Autobahn interchange is ''Montabaur'' on the
A 3. The nearest
InterCityExpress
The Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE ()) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany. It also serves some destinations in Austria, Denmark (ceased in 2017 but planned to resume in 2022), France, Belgium, Switzerla ...
stop is the
railway station at Montabaur on the
Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
External links
Brandscheid in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Westerwaldkreis
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