Hilgert

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district

(2019–24) Uwe Schmidt^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total4.57 km² (1.76 sq mi)Elevation

300 m (1,000 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,538 • Density340/km² (870/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

56206

Dialling codes02624Vehicle registrationWWWebsitewww.gemeinde-hilgert.de

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

Geography

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

Hilgert was first mentioned in documents dating to 1340.^{[citation needed]}

Politics

The municipal 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

Transport

The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies right near the municipal area, 3 km away. There is no rail connection, only an hourly bus to Koblenz.

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.