| Salz | |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Salz (Westerwald).svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.51°N 7.9636°W |
| Image Plan: | Salz im Westerwaldkreis.png |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Westerwaldkreis |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Wallmerod |
| Elevation: | 320 |
| Area: | 4.96 |
| Postal Code: | 56414 |
| Area Code: | 06435 |
| Licence: | WW |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 290 |
| Website: | www.wallmerod.de |
| Mayor: | Holger Wörsdörfer[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Salz is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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 InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.