# Freilingen

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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Freilingen
|image_photo       = Freilingen2.jpg
|image_coa            =DEU Freilingen COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|33|39|N|7|50|13|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Freilingen im Westerwaldkreis.png
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Westerwaldkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Selters (Westerwald)
|elevation              = 385
|area            = 3.67
|postal_code               = 56244
|area_code           = 02666
|licence               = WW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 018
|website           = [http://www.freilingen.de/ www.freilingen.de]
|mayor             = Thomas Kloft<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
}}
'''Freilingen''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)'' – in the [Westerwaldkreis](/source/Westerwaldkreis) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). The municipality belongs to the [''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters](/source/Selters_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective municipality.

==Geography==

Freilingen lies 7&nbsp;km from [Selters](/source/Selters_(Westerwald)) on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and [recreation](/source/recreation) area. The locality offers many [hiking](/source/hiking) and [cycling](/source/cycling) trails. The Freilinger Weiher (lake), the so-called Postweiher, is open to bathing in summer.

==History==
In 1034, Freilingen had its first documentary mention as ''Vriligoim''. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters was founded.

==Politics==

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (''Ortsbürgermeister''), who were elected in a [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

==Economy and infrastructure==

The municipality lies right on ''[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)'' 8 leading from [Limburg an der Lahn](/source/Limburg_an_der_Lahn) to [Siegburg](/source/Siegburg). The nearest [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchange](/source/interchange_(road)) is ''[Mogendorf](/source/Mogendorf)'' on the [A&nbsp;3](/source/Bundesautobahn_3) ([Cologne](/source/Cologne)–[Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)). The nearest [InterCityExpress](/source/InterCityExpress) stop is the [railway station](/source/railway_station) at Montabaur on the [Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line](/source/Cologne-Frankfurt_high-speed_rail_line).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.freilingen.de/ Freilingen]
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.selters-ww.de/ Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)]

{{Cities and towns in Westerwaldkreis (district)}}

{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Westerwaldkreis

{{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub}}

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