Hilgert

Hilgert

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Hilgert

Coordinates: 50°27′21″N 7°41′20″E / 50.45583°N 7.68889°E / 50.45583; 7.68889Coordinates: 50°27′21″N 7°41′20″E / 50.45583°N 7.68889°E / 50.45583; 7.68889
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Höhr-Grenzhausen
Government
  Mayor Wolfgang Gelhard
Area
  Total 4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 1,543
  Density 340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56206
Dialling codes 02624
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.gemeinde-hilgert.de

Hilgert in the Kannenbäckerland is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Hilgert lies roughly 13 km from Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1340, Hilgert had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

CDU SPD FWG Total
2004 6 6 4 16 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Westerwald ceramics

Transport

The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies right near the municipal area, 3 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and the one at Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

References


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