Heuzert is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''
Verbandsgemeinde
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Rhineland- ...
'' – in the
Westerwaldkreis
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in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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,
Germany
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Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
, on the river Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland.
History
In 1286, Heuzert had its first documentary mention as ''Hutcenrothe''.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a
majority vote
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Hohenroth
Hohenroth is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Rhön-Grabfeld
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Hachenburg
Hachenburg is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The town lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen, roughly 10 km west of Bad Marienberg on the river Nister. Hachenburg is the administrative s ...
. The nearest
Autobahn
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Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
,
Wilnsdorf
Wilnsdorf is a municipality in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
The southern municipal limits, with the Kalteiche peak, part of the Rothaargebirge, form not only the community's highest point, at ...
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
InterCityExpress
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stop is the
railway station
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