Gehlert

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen = Wappen von Gehlert.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 38 |lat_sec = 30
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 49 |lon_sec = 46
Lageplan = Gehlert im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 400
Fläche = 5.19
Einwohner = 576
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57627
Vorwahl = 02662
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 223
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.gemeinde-gehlert.de/ www.gemeinde-gehlert.de]
Bürgermeister = Paul Kunz

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

Geography

Location

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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

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

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Regular events

The yearly Whitsun kermis is the highlight of community life.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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 (Dortmund–Gießen) and also in Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.gemeinde-gehlert.de/ Gehlert]
* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/gehlert/index.html Gehlert in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon