title: Wirscheid
text: # Wirscheid
  
  Wirscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Wirscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1547, Wirscheid had its first mention in a historical document as Wersched.
  
  ## Politics
  
  The municipal council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
  
  | | Grüne | WG Wirz | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | 2 | 8 | 10 seats |
  
  ## Economy and infrastructure
  
  Autobahn A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
  
  