Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate

Salz
Salz
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Salz within Westerwaldkreis district
	Location of Salz
	Salz Salz
	Coordinates: 50°30′36″N 7°57′49″E / 50.51000°N 7.96361°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Holger Wörsdörfer
Area
• Total	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2024-12-31)
• Total	875
• Density	176/km2 (457/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wallmerod.de

Salz (German pronunciation: [zalt] ^ⓘ) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald, between Montabaur and Rennerod. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1150, Salz had its first documentary mention.

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

The Catholic parish church of St. Adelphus is a Romanesque basilica with a Late Gothic quire. Lying buried in the church is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfathers.

Just west of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 13 km away. The nearest access to railway serive is in Willmenrod at the Limburg-Altenkirchen railway, the nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.