Betzdorf, Germany Explained

Type:Stadt
Betzdorf
Image Coa:DEU Betzdorf COA.svg
Coordinates:50.7856°N 7.8728°W
Image Plan:Betzdorf in AK.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Verbandsgemeinde:Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
Elevation:211
Area:9.57
Postal Code:57501–57518
Area Code:02741
Licence:AK
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 32 006
Mayor:Benjamin Geldsetzer[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Party:SPD

Betzdorf (pronounced as /de/) is a town and municipality in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Betzdorf is part of the district of Altenkirchen. Betzdorf is located on the river Sieg, approx. south-west of Siegen. Betzdorf is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain. Betzdorf (Sieg) station is a railway junction with closed marshalling yard on the Sieg Railway, the Betzdorf–Haiger railway and the .

It is twinned with the town of Ross-on-Wye, England.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1320000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen
  2. Web site: Twinning . Ross-on-Wye Town Council . 25 May 2022.