Hilgert

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.57 km 2
Residents:	1507 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	330 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56206
Area code :	02624
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 030
LOCODE :	DE HGT
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 48 ; Höhr-Grenzhausen
Website :	www.hoehr- Grenzhausen.de
Local Mayor :	Uwe Schmidt ( SPD )
Location of the local community Hilgert in the Westerwaldkreis

Hilgert (2020), in the background the Köppel (left) and the radio towers of the alarm pole (right)

Hilgert im Kannenbäckerland is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Höhr-Grenzhausen community .

Geographical location

Hilgert is located about 13 kilometers northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park . The community is located on the Masselbach .

The Faulbach district as well as the Hüttenrain and Jagdhaus residential areas belong to Hilgert .

history

The place or the Hofgut "Hilgenrode" was first mentioned in a document in 1349, when "Heymart von der Linden", a monastery brother " zu Laach ", killed the cousin of "Lupreich von Hilgert". As atonement, a “pension” was to be paid for an “eternal light” in the Alsbach church .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Hilgert consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	WGF	total
2019	5	5	4th	2	16 seats
2014	6th	6th	4th	-	16 seats
2009	7th	5	4th	-	16 seats
2004	6th	6th	4th	-	16 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group Kannenbäckerland e. V.
WGF = Fahrenkrug voter group

mayor

Uwe Schmidt (SPD) became local mayor of Hilgert on June 24, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with 69.68 percent of the votes cast.

Schmidt's predecessors were Wolfgang Gelhard (Mayor 2004–2014) and Günter Schwaderlapp (1988–2004).

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Shield with a looped silver tip, inside a blue jug standing over two diagonally crossed blue clay pipes, split; in front four red diagonal bars in gold, covered with a bluepeacock walkingto the left , behind in blue a golden lion, accompanied by seven golden shingles. "
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms motifs in the coat of arms: Wiedischer Pfau, Nassauische Löwe and Krug (or Kanne) are 3 of 5 elements of the coat of arms of the Kannenbaker guild from 1717

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

In Hilgert, the former school, a former pipe bakery and several half-timbered houses are under monument protection.

Natural monuments

There are three natural monuments in the district of Hilgert:

in the southeast within the locality a sessile oak , registered under ND-7143-418
southeast of the location the Bühl rock group , registered under ND-7143-419
east of the locality the "old oak" ( Quercus robur ), registered under ND-7143-421

Economy and Infrastructure

Westerwald ceramics

traffic

The A 48 with the Höhr-Grenzhausen junction (AS 12) is 3 km away in the immediate vicinity of the municipality.
The A 3 with the Ransbach-Baumbach junction is about 8 km away.
The closest ICE stop is Montabaur station on the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main or Koblenz on the right-hand Rhine route .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Günter Schwaderlapp, local mayor from 1988 to 2004 and honorary citizen of Hilgert since 2004

Sons and daughters of the church

Alfred Radermacher (1913–1994), commander on U 120 , U 393; Chief helmsman on U 5 under commandant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Albrecht Klauer-Simonis (1918–2002), artist and publisher
Udo E. Simonis (* 1937), Professor of Environmental Policy

Web links

Commons : Hilgert - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 75 (PDF; 3 MB).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
↑ ^a ^b History of the Mayors. Verbandsgemeinde Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on June 19, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections
↑ Identification of the natural monuments on the server of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. 75 (PDF; 3 MB).

[3] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections

[Historie_BM-5] History of the Mayors. Verbandsgemeinde Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on June 19, 2020 .

[6] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections

[7] Identification of the natural monuments on the server of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration