Ailertchen
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Ailertchen | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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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 | |
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.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.