Heuzert

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Heuzert
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Heuzert
Heuzert (Germany)
Heuzert
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Mayor Berthold Schmidt
Basic statistics
Area 2.13 km² (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation 230 m  (755 ft)
Population 150  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 70 /km² (182 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 57627
Area code 02688
Website www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heuzert
Location of Heuzert within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E / 50.70111, 7.75833

Heuzert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Heuzert to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland.

[edit] History

In 1286, Heuzert had its first documentary mention as Hutcenrothe.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen). 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.