Ailertchen

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Ailertchen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Ailertchen
Ailertchen (Germany)
Ailertchen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Mayor Ilona Rendler
Basic statistics
Area 5.58 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation 475 m  (1558 ft)
Population 631  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 113 /km² (293 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56459
Area code 02663
Website www.westerburger-land.de
Location of Ailertchen within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°35′55″N 7°56′31″E / 50.59861, 7.94194

Ailertchen (formerly Elbörtchen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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[edit] Geography

Ailertchen lies 6 km northwest of Westerburg on a broad plain. Within the community rises the river Elbbach, part of the river Lahn’s drainage basin. At the community’s southern edge lies the Ailertchen airport.

[edit] History

In 930, Ailertchen had its first documentary mention.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Running straight through the community is the Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3, roughly 23 km away. Another Autobahn interchange on the A 3 can be reached by Bundesstraße 54 running towards Limburg. This is roughly 28 km away. Bundesstraße 255 towards Herborn leads to the A 45. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.