Freilingen

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Freilingen

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Freilingen
Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°50′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.83694°E / 50.56083; 7.83694Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°50′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.83694°E / 50.56083; 7.83694
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Government
 • Mayor Gudrun Eichelhardt
Area
 • Total 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Elevation 385 m (1,263 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 694
 • Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56244
Dialling codes 02666
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.freilingen.de

Freilingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

Location

Freilingen lies 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and recreation area. The locality offers many hiking and cycling trails. The Freilinger Weiher (lake), the so-called Postweiher, is open to bathing in summer.

History

In 1034, Freilingen had its first documentary mention as Vriligoim. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeisterin), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies right on Bundesstraße 8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
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