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Heuzert

Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E / 50.70111°N 7.75833°E / 50.70111; 7.75833
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Heuzert
Coat of arms of Heuzert
Location of Heuzert within Westerwaldkreis district
Heuzert is located in Germany
Heuzert
Heuzert
Heuzert is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Heuzert
Heuzert
Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E / 50.70111°N 7.75833°E / 50.70111; 7.75833
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Manfred Schneider[1]
Area
 • Total2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total119
 • Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57627
Dialling codes02688
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heuzert

Heuzert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Heuzert to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland.

History

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In 1286, Heuzert had its first documentary mention as Hutcenrothe.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

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South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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