Niederahr
Niederahr 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 Hachenburg. Through the community flows the Ahrbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.History
In 959, Niederahr had its first documentary mention.Politics
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.Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3, some 5 km away.There was a station of the Cross Westerwald railway in Niederahr, but nowadays this line is only in service for fright traffic.
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.