Härtlingen

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

Härtlingen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Härtlingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Härtlingen Härtlingen
Coordinates: 50°31′27″N 7°54′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	David Olberts
Area
• Total	3.20 km2 (1.24 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	373
• Density	120/km2 (300/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.haertlingen.de

Geography

Location

Härtlingen lies 5 km southwest of Westerburg in the Elbbach Valley. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Härtlingen has an outlying centre called Unterhärtlingen.

History

In 1292, Härtlingen had its first documentary mention as Hertlingen.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Härtlingen
• Härtlingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)