Gehlert
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| Gehlert | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Mayor | Paul Kunz |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.19 km² (2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 400 m (1312 ft) |
| Population | 576 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 111 /km² (287 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57627 |
| Area code | 02662 |
| Website | www.gemeinde-gehlert.de |
| Location of Gehlert within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Gehlert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, roughly 2 km south of Hachenburg. Gehlert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] History
In 1255, Gehlert had its first documentary mention as Geilinrode.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Regular events
The yearly Whitsun kermis is the highlight of community life.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen) and also in Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. 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.
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