Heilberscheid
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Heilberscheid | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Heilberscheid within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Heilberscheid  Heilberscheid | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′44″N 7°53′34″E / 50.41222°N 7.89278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Markus Thome[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 662 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56412 |
| Dialling codes | 06485 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.vg-montabaur.de |
Heilberscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Limburg an der Lahn in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 1362, Heilberscheid had its first documentary mention.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Coat of arms
The community's arms show a Madonna in the middle in a grotto with a model of Heilberscheid's Marienkappelle (built 1889-1891). The hornbeam twigs refer to the widespread hornbeams that grow in the Heilberscheid Forest. The background tinctures, red and silver, are from the arms borne by the Electorate of Trier.
