Ailertchen (formerly ''Elbörtchen'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns.
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'' – in the
Westerwaldkreis
The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free ...
in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
,
Germany
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Ailertchen lies 6 km northwest of Westerburg on a broad
plain
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. Within the community rises the river Elbbach, part of the river
Lahn
The Lahn is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km).
It has its source in t ...
’s
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
. At the community's southern edge lies the Ailertchen
airport
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.
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
A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-WebsterBundesstraße'' 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest
Autobahn
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interchange is ''Montabaur'' on the A 3, roughly 23 km away. Another Autobahn interchange on the A 3 can be reached by ''Bundesstraße'' 54 running towards Limburg. This is roughly 28 km away. ''Bundesstraße'' 255 towards Herborn leads to the A 45. The nearest
InterCityExpress
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stop is the
railway station
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