Ailertchen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Ailertchen.gif
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 55
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 56 |lon_sec = 31
Lageplan = Ailertchen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 475
Fläche = 5.58
Einwohner = 631
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 200
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/ailertchen/index.phtml www.westerburger-land.de]
Bürgermeister = Ilona Rendler

Ailertchen (formerly "Elbörtchen") is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded "Verbandsgemeinde" of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geography

Ailertchen lies 6 km northwest of Westerburg on a broad plain. Within the community rises the river Elbbach, part of the river Lahn’s drainage basin. At the community’s southern edge lies the Ailertchen airport.

History

In 930, Ailertchen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor ("Bürgermeister"), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running straight through the community is the "Bundesstraße" 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3, roughly 23 km away. Another Autobahn interchange on the A 3 can be reached by "Bundesstraße" 54 running towards Limburg. This is roughly 28 km away. "Bundesstraße" 255 towards Herborn leads to the A 45. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/ailertchen/index.phtml Ailertchen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon