Ailertchen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Westerburg
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.58 km 2
Residents:	594 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	106 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56459
Area code :	02663
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 200
Association administration address:	Neumarkt 1 56457 Westerburg
Website :	www.vg-westerburg.de
Local Mayor :	Cathrin Michel-Baldus
Location of the local community Ailertchen in the Westerwaldkreis

The St. Wendelin Church

Ailertchen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Westerburg .

geography

Ailertchen lies six kilometers northwest of Westerburg on a wide plain. The Elbbach , which is part of the Lahn catchment area, has its source in the municipality .

The Ahlsberg residential area is part of Ailertchen.

history

Ailertchen was first mentioned in a document in 930.

Population development

The development of the population of the municipality of Ailertchen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 222 1835 270 1871 253 1905 301 1939 470 1950 500

year Residents 1961 474 1970 544 1987 542 1997 614 2005 637 2017 591

politics

Municipal council

The council in Ailertchen consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Cathrin Michel-Baldus became local mayor of Ailertchen in 2017 after she was elected with 63.11% of the vote in the direct election on January 22, 2017. In the regular direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with 79.37% of the votes.

Cathrin Michel-Baldus' predecessors were Christian Mies, elected in 2014, who resigned from office after two and a half years for professional reasons, Ilona Rendler and Peter Mosler.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Square of gold and red, in 1 a red eight-spoke wheel, in 2 a growing, left-slanting golden abbot , in 3 a left-slanting, tapering, golden wave bar, in it two black wave threads and in four a left, red lapwing . "

Partner municipality

• Lety

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Ailertchen

traffic

• At the Ailertchen airfield (EDGA), light aircraft and gliders up to 2000 kg can land on the grass runway.
• The federal highway 255 , which leads from Montabaur to Herborn , runs directly through the community . The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the A3 , approx. 23 km away; Another motorway junction of the A3 can be reached in the direction of Limburg via the federal road 54 and is 28 km away. In the direction of Herborn via the B 255 , the federal motorway 45 can be reached.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Web links

Commons : Ailertchen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The local community Ailertchen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg
• Literature about Ailertchen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
• Short portrait of Ailertchen on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 81 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct election 2017 (PDF; 9 kB)
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Westerburg, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved July 10, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Michael Wenzel: Cathrin Michel-Baldus tackles it: the 27-year-old wants to be local boss in Ailertchen. Westerwälder Zeitung, January 19, 2017, accessed on July 10, 2020 .