Goddert

Goddert
Goddert
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district
	Goddert Goddert
	Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917°N 7.74694°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Peter Aller
Area
• Total	2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	449
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02626
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.selters-ww.de

Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The rural residential community of Goddert lies three km (1.9 mi) north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

History

In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.

Politics

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

Seat apportionment at community council: