Heuzert

Heuzert

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Heuzert

Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E / 50.70111°N 7.75833°E / 50.70111; 7.75833Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E / 50.70111°N 7.75833°E / 50.70111; 7.75833
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Government
  Mayor Berthold Schmidt
Area
  Total 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 123
  Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 57627
Dialling codes 02688
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heuzert

Heuzert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Heuzert to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland.

History

In 1286, Heuzert had its first documentary mention as Hutcenrothe.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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