Gehlert

Gehlert is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Hachenburg.

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, about 2 km south of Hachenburg, surrounded on all sides by Hachenburger city forest. In the north of the village lies the old town, in the east the Lochumer Heath and the places Alpenrod and Nistertal, in the south stones stream on the Wied and west Merkel Bach and Höchstenbach. North West of the town is the Kapellchesberg (404 m), in the south of Gietzebeul ( 494 m), rises on the northern side of the Roth Bach, and in the southwest of the graves mountain ( 513 m).

History

1255 Gehlert was first mentioned in a document as Geilinrode.

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

Parish council

The local council in Gehlert consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Regular events

The annual Pentecost Kirmes is the climax in community life.

Traffic

• North West of the town, the B 413 runs of Bendorf ( near Koblenz ) leads to Hachenburg.
• The nearest motorway junctions are in Siegen, Herborn Wilnsdorf and on the A45 Dortmund casting, or in Mogendorf on the A 3 Cologne Frankfurt am Main, about 25 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
• Through the town and the nearby forest leads the E1 European long distance path.