Heuzert

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
 • Total
2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
119
 • 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

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

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

Politics

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

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

  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.