Welschneudorf
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Welschneudorf within Westerwaldkreis district
Welschneudorf Show map of Germany Welschneudorf Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°22′24″N 7°47′53″E / 50.37333°N 7.79806°E / 50.37333; 7.79806
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Günther Perlick[1]
Area
• Total	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	964
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	02608
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Welschneudorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – and a Luftkurort (“air health resort”) in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Lower Westerwald between Koblenz and Limburg an der Lahn in the Nassau Nature Park. Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1453, Welschneudorf had its first documentary mention as Nudorff. In 1817, it was burnt down by advancing French troops.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Linke Rheinstrecke.