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Härtlingen

Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°E / 50.52417; 7.91639
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Härtlingen
Coat of arms of Härtlingen
Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Härtlingen is located in Germany
Härtlingen
Härtlingen
Härtlingen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Härtlingen
Härtlingen
Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E / 50.52417°N 7.91639°E / 50.52417; 7.91639
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) David Olberts[1]
Area
 • Total3.20 km2 (1.24 sq mi)
Elevation
374 m (1,227 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total373
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.haertlingen.de

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

Geography

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Location

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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

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Härtlingen has an outlying centre called Unterhärtlingen.

History

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

Politics

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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