Hilgert
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| Hilgert | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Höhr-Grenzhausen |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Gelhard |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.57 km² (1.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Population | 1,475 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 323 /km² (836 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56206 |
| Area code | 02624 |
| Website | www.gemeinde-hilgert.de |
| Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Hilgert in the Kannenbäckerland is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Hilgert lies roughly 13 km from Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] History
In 1340, Hilgert had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
| CDU | SPD | FWG | Total | |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 seats |
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies right near the municipal area, 3 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and the one at Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.
[edit] Famous people
[edit] Sons and daughters of the town
- Albrecht Klauer-Simonis (1918-2002), artist and publisher
- Udo E. Simonis (1937- ), professor of environmental politics
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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