Hilgert

Hilgert
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hilgert within Westerwaldkreis district
Hilgert Show map of Germany Hilgert Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°27′21″N 7°41′20″E / 50.45583°N 7.68889°E / 50.45583; 7.68889
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Uwe Schmidt[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,537
• 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.

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.

Hilgert was first mentioned in documents dating to 1340.^{[citation needed]}

The municipal council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies right near the municipal area, 3 km away. There is no rail connection, only an hourly bus to Koblenz.

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