Härtlingen

Härtlingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Härtlingen
Coat of arms
Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Härtlingen
Härtlingen
Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • MayorMartin Flügel
Area
 • Total3.20 km2 (1.24 sq mi)
Elevation
374 m (1,227 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total375
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.haertlingen.de

Geography

Location

Härtlingen lies 5 km southwest of Westerburg in the Elbbach Valley. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Härtlingen has an outlying centre called Unterhärtlingen.

History

In 1292, Härtlingen had its first documentary mention as Hertlingen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur 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. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.


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