Ailertchen (formerly Elbörtchen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

Ailertchen lies 6km northwest of Westerburg on a broad plain. Within the municipality rises the river Elbbach, part of the river Lahn’s drainage basin. At the municipality's southern edge lies the Ailertchen airport.

History

In 930, Ailertchen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Ailertchen is connected through the local bus lines 463, 464, 470, 485, 965, N47 and N48 and located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). Running straight through the municipality is the Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3, roughly 23km away. Another Autobahn interchange on the A3 can be reached by Bundesstraße 54 running towards Limburg. This is roughly 28km away. Bundesstraße 255 towards Herborn leads to the A 45. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Ailertchen in the collective municipality’s Web pages

References