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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between

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and Gießen on the Eisenbach and on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Girod has one outlying '' Ortsteil'' named Kleinholbach. The two once autonomous villages are separated by the A 3.

History

In 1235, Girod had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a

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(''Unterwesterwaldbahn''),

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– Montabaur– Limburg, at which stop regional trains roughly every two hours, run by the

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. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are ''Montabaur'' and '' Diez'' on the A 3 ( Cologne– Frankfurt), each 5 km away.

References

External links

Girod in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub