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{{Infobox German location
|name              = Freilingen
|image_photo       = Freilingen2.jpg
|image_coa            =DEU Freilingen COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|33|39|N|7|50|13|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Freilingen im Westerwaldkreis.png
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Westerwaldkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Selters (Westerwald)
|elevation              = 385
|area            = 3.67
|postal_code               = 56244
|area_code           = 02666
|licence               = WW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 018
|website           = [http://www.freilingen.de/ www.freilingen.de]
|mayor             = Thomas Kloft<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
}}
'''Freilingen''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'' – in the [[Westerwaldkreis]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. The community belongs to the [[Selters (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters]], a kind of collective municipality.

==Geography==

Freilingen lies 7&nbsp;km from [[Selters (Westerwald)|Selters]] on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and [[recreation]] area. The locality offers many [[hiking]] and [[cycling]] 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.

==Politics==

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (''Ortsbürgermeister''), who were elected in a [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

==Economy and infrastructure==

The community lies right on ''[[Bundesstraße]]'' 8 leading from [[Limburg an der Lahn]] to [[Siegburg]]. The nearest [[Autobahn]] [[interchange (road)|interchange]] is ''[[Mogendorf]]'' on the [[Bundesautobahn 3|A&nbsp;3]] ([[Cologne]]–[[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]]). The nearest [[InterCityExpress]] stop is the [[railway station]] at Montabaur on the [[Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.freilingen.de/ Freilingen]
*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.selters-ww.de/ Verbandsgemeinde Selters (Westerwald)]

{{Cities and towns in Westerwaldkreis (district)}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:Westerwaldkreis]]


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