Gehlert

Gehlert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, roughly 2 km south of Hachenburg. Gehlert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.HistoryIn 1255, Gehlert had its first documentary mention as Geilinrode.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.Regular eventsThe yearly Whitsun kermis is the highlight of community life.