Freilingen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Freilingen
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Freilingen | |
Freilingen Freilingen | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°50′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.83694°E / 50.56083; 7.83694 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Selters (Westerwald) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Thomas Kloft1 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 707 |
| • Density | 193/km2 (499/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56244 |
| Dialling codes | 02666 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.freilingen.de |
Freilingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
Freilingen lies 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and recreation area. The locality offers many hiking and 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 in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure
Freilingen is located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), zone 434 and connected to local bus line 431. The municipality lies right on Bundesstraße 8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
References
- Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
External links
External links
- (in German) Freilingen
- (in German) Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)