Freilingen

Freilingen
Coat of arms
Freilingen
Location of Freilingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°50′13″E / 50.56083°N 7.83694°E / 50.56083; 7.83694Coordinates: 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	Gudrun Eichelhardt
Area
• Total	3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	663
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02666
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.freilingen.de

Freilingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

Location

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

Community council

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

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community 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

External links

• (German) Freilingen
• (German) Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)

Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
Ailertchen Alpenrod Alsbach Arnshöfen Astert Atzelgift Bad Marienberg Bannberscheid Bellingen Berod bei Wallmerod Berzhahn Bilkheim Boden Bölsberg Borod Brandscheid Breitenau Bretthausen Caan Daubach Deesen Dernbach Dreifelden Dreikirchen Dreisbach Ebernhahn Eitelborn Elbingen Ellenhausen Elsoff Enspel Ettinghausen Ewighausen Fehl-Ritzhausen Freilingen Freirachdorf Gackenbach Gehlert Gemünden Giesenhausen Girkenroth Girod Goddert Görgeshausen Großholbach Großseifen Guckheim Hachenburg Hahn am See Hahn bei Marienberg Halbs Hardt Hartenfels Härtlingen Hattert Heilberscheid Heiligenroth Heimborn Helferskirchen Hellenhahn-Schellenberg Hergenroth Herschbach, Selters Herschbach, Wallmerod Heuzert Hilgert Hillscheid Höchstenbach Hof Höhn Höhr-Grenzhausen Holler Homberg Horbach Hübingen Hüblingen Hundsangen Hundsdorf Irmtraut Kaden Kadenbach Kammerforst Kirburg Kölbingen Kroppach Krümmel Kuhnhöfen Kundert Langenbach bei Kirburg Langenhahn Lautzenbrücken Leuterod Liebenscheid Limbach Linden Lochum Luckenbach Mähren Marienrachdorf Maroth Marzhausen Maxsain Merkelbach Meudt Mogendorf Molsberg Montabaur Mörlen Mörsbach Moschheim Mudenbach Mündersbach Müschenbach Nauort Nentershausen Neuhäusel Neunkhausen Neunkirchen Neustadt Niederahr Niederelbert Niedererbach Niederroßbach Niedersayn Nister Nisterau Nister-Möhrendorf Nistertal Nomborn Nordhofen Norken Oberahr Oberelbert Obererbach Oberhaid Oberrod Oberroßbach Ötzingen Pottum Quirnbach Ransbach-Baumbach Rehe Rennerod Roßbach Rotenhain Rothenbach Rückeroth Ruppach-Goldhausen Salz Salzburg Schenkelberg Seck Selters Sessenbach Sessenhausen Siershahn Simmern Stahlhofen Stahlhofen am Wiesensee Staudt Stein-Neukirch Stein-Wingert Steinebach an der Wied Steinefrenz Steinen Stockhausen-Illfurth Stockum-Püschen Streithausen Unnau Untershausen Vielbach Wahlrod Waigandshain Waldmühlen Wallmerod Weidenhahn Welkenbach Welschneudorf Weltersburg Weroth Westerburg Westernohe Wied Willingen Willmenrod Winkelbach Winnen Wirges Wirscheid Wittgert Wölferlingen Zehnhausen bei Rennerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod