Hilgert

For other uses, see Hilgert (disambiguation).

Hilgert
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district
Hilgert Hilgert
Coordinates: 50°27′21″N 7°41′20″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Gelhard
Area
• Total	4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,538
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56206
Dialling codes	02624
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.gemeinde-hilgert.de

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.

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 7 June 2009.

	CDU	SPD	FWG	Total
2004	6	6	4	16 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Westerwald ceramics

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.