Hilgert

Hilgert
Coat of arms of Hilgert Coat of arms
Hilgert
Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Gelhard
Area
• Total	4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,516
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56206
Dialling codes	02624
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.gemeinde-hilgert.de

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

Geography

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.

History

In 1340, Hilgert had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

	CDU	SPD	FWG	Total
2004	6	6	4	16 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Westerwald ceramics

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.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

• Albrecht Klauer-Simonis (1918–2002), artist and publisher
• Udo E. Simonis (1937- ), professor of environmental politics