Hilgert

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Hilgert im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Höhr-Grenzhausen
Höhe = 300
Fläche = 4.57
Einwohner = 1475
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56206
Vorwahl = 02624
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 030
Adresse-Verband = Rathausstraße 48
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Website = [http://www.gemeinde-hilgert.de www.gemeinde-hilgert.de]
Bürgermeister = Wolfgang Gelhard
Partei =

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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

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