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Gehlert

Coordinates: 50°38′30″N 7°49′46″E / 50.64167°N 7.82944°E / 50.64167; 7.82944
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Gehlert
Coat of arms of Gehlert
Location of Gehlert within Westerwaldkreis district
Gehlert is located in Germany
Gehlert
Gehlert
Gehlert is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Gehlert
Gehlert
Coordinates: 50°38′30″N 7°49′46″E / 50.64167°N 7.82944°E / 50.64167; 7.82944
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Elsabe Giese[1]
Area
 • Total5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total609
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57627
Dialling codes02662
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.gemeinde-gehlert.de

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

Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, roughly 2 km south of Hachenburg. Gehlert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

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In 1255, Gehlert had its first documentary mention as Geilinrode.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Regular events

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The yearly Whitsun kermis is the highlight of community life.

Economy and infrastructure

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Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen) and also in Mogendorf on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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