Freilingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

– in the Westerwaldkreis

Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

Germany

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. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters

Selters (Verbandsgemeinde)

Selters is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Selters....

, a kind of collective municipality.

Location

Freilingen lies 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and recreation

Recreation

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 area. The locality offers many hiking

Hiking

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 and cycling

Cycling

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 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.

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

Plurality voting system

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 in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Transport

The community lies right on Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße

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8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg an der Lahn is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn....

 to Siegburg

Siegburg

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. The nearest Autobahn interchange

Interchange (road)

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 is Mogendorf

Mogendorf

Mogendorf is a municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

on the A 3 (Cologne

Cologne

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–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress

InterCityExpress

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 stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

Freilingen Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)