Hilgert

Hilgert in the Kannenbäckerland is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationHilgert lies roughly 13 km from Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality.HistoryIn 1340, Hilgert had its first documentary mention.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor, who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.Economy and infrastructureTransportThe A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies right near the municipal area, 3 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and the one at Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.Famous peopleSons and daughters of the town Albrecht Klauer-Simonis, artist and publisher Udo E. Simonis, professor of environmental politics