{{Infobox German location |image_photo = Weroth2.jpg |image_coa = Wappen Weroth.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|27|37|N|7|56|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Weroth im Westerwaldkreis.png |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Westerwaldkreis |Verbandsgemeinde = Wallmerod |elevation = 290 |area = 2.52 |postal_code = 56414 |area_code = 06435 |licence = WW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 080 |website = [https://www.weroth.de/ www.weroth.de] |mayor = Achim Kremer<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019–24 }} '''Weroth''' 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 Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. Weroth lies 290 m above sea level. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
===Neighbouring communities=== Weroth's neighbours are Hundsangen, Wallmerod, Dreikirchen and Steinefrenz.
==History== In 1322, Weroth had its first documentary mention.
==Politics==
The municipal council is made up of 11 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
==Economy and infrastructure==
Right nearby to the community's north runs ''Bundesstraße'' 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is ''Diez'' on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 4 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
==Regular events== Saint Sebastian’s Day on 20 January is to this day still a holiday in Weroth, as the community was spared a Plague epidemic.
Likewise held every year is the Live-Rock-Festival at the ''Bürgerhaus'' on ''Kirmesfreitag'' (“Kermis Friday”)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
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{{Authority control}} Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Category:Westerwaldkreis
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