Astert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Kroppacher Schweiz (“Kroppach Switzerland”), a nature and landscape conservation area. Through the community flows the river Große Nister. In 1985, Astert was chosen as Rhineland-Palatinate’s prettiest place in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village should become lovelier”). Astert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Astert’s Ortsteile are Oberdorf and Unterdorf.
In 1282, Astert had its first documentary mention in a document from the Marienstatt Monastery, in which it was named as Asterode.
The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
In this small but lively community, village festivals can be enjoyed almost…