Ailertchen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ailertchen
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Ailertchen | |
  Ailertchen  Ailertchen | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′55″N 7°56′31″E / 50.59861°N 7.94194°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Cathrin Michel-Baldus[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 642 |
| • Density | 115/km2 (298/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 02663 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.westerburger-land.de |
Ailertchen (formerly Elbörtchen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality 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.
Geography
[edit]Ailertchen lies 6 km northwest of Westerburg on a broad plain. Within the municipality rises the river Elbbach, part of the river Lahn’s drainage basin. At the municipality's southern edge lies the Ailertchen airport.
History
[edit]In 930, Ailertchen had its first documentary mention.
Politics
[edit]The municipal 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
[edit]Running straight through the municipality 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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