Heuzert
Coordinates50°42′04″N 7°45′30″E
StateRheinland-Pfalz
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
VerbandsgemeindeHachenburg
Elevation230
Area2.13
Postal code57627
Area code02688
LicenceWW
Gemeindeschlüssel07 1 43 240
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heuzert
MayorManfred Schneider[1]
Leader term2019–24

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.