Hardt, Westerwaldkreis

Hardt

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Hardt

Coordinates: 50°38′07″N 7°55′12″E / 50.63528°N 7.92000°E / 50.63528; 7.92000Coordinates: 50°38′07″N 7°55′12″E / 50.63528°N 7.92000°E / 50.63528; 7.92000
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
  Mayor Ursula Martain
Area
  Total 1.88 km2 (0.73 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 423
  Density 230/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56472
Dialling codes 02661
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.bad-marienberg.de

Hardt is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen. The river, Nister, which is part of the Sieg drainage basin, flows east to west through the municipal area. Hardt belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 27 km away, and Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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