Härtlingen
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show Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district | |
Härtlingen | |
Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°ECoordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | David Olberts[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.20 km2 (1.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 374 m (1,227 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 372 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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[]
The municipal 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[]
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[]
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
External links[]
- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Westerwaldkreis
- Westerwaldkreis district geography stubs