Härtlingen

Härtlingen

Coat of arms
Härtlingen
Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°E / 50.52417; 7.91639Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°E / 50.52417; 7.91639
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Martin Flügel
Area
 • Total 3.20 km2 (1.24 sq mi)
Elevation 374 m (1,227 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 382
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.haertlingen.de

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

Geography

Location

Härtlingen lies 5 km southwest of Westerburg in the Elbbach Valley. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Härtlingen has an outlying centre called Unterhärtlingen.

History

In 1292, Härtlingen had its first documentary mention as Hertlingen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.


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