Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 374 m (1,227 ft) Area 3.2 km² Local time Saturday 11:32 AM Dialling code 02663 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Westerburg Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 428 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56459 | |
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Härtlingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 56459 HC3A4rtlingen Germany
- Location
- Constituent communities
- History
- Community council
- Transport
- References
Map of 56459 H%C3%A4rtlingen, Germany
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.
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.
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.