Hilgert

Hilgert

Coat of arms
Hilgert
Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district
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)
Elevation 300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,494
 • Density 330/km2 (850/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.

CDUSPDFWGTotal
200466416 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.

References

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


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