Härtlingen
Härtlingen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Härtlingen  Härtlingen | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 373 |
| • 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[edit]
Location[edit]
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[edit]
Härtlingen has an outlying centre called Unterhärtlingen.
History[edit]
In 1292, Härtlingen had its first documentary mention as Hertlingen.
Politics[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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