Endlichhofen

Endlichhofen is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Nastaetten.

Geography

The place is located in the Taunus in the so-called Blue Country west of Nastaetten. To Endlichhofen the settlement last Hofer belongs height.

History

Endlichhofen was first mentioned in 1296. The text of the document reads: "Anno 1296 has given the king Adolff Closter 6 bushels of corn, 6 bushels shareholders 6 SoliDos denarium to receive Coloniensium zue annually Endlichhofen to uff detachment. "

The place was called in 1361 as a terminal transducer, 1411 and 1526 as Endelingobin Endlichhofen documented and was a county -free resort, which belonged to the court Miehlen. Since the 19th century part of the Prussian province of Hesse -Nassau, the place in 1946 for the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate. Since 1972, he belongs to the municipality Endlichhofen Nastaetten.

The development of the population of Endlichhofen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Endlichhofen consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Coat of arms

The heraldic description is: " Under blue shield angle head is trapped between two gold shingles of a growing, averted a silver Abtkrümme finished with three red balls red lined crown, in gold, a green oak with five silver acorns ".

Attractions

Natural Monument thickness oak At the edge of the community Endlichhofen, right on the county road 80 is the " Big Oak ", a natural monument special rank ( Lage50.2002777777787.8213888888889 ). The oak has a trunk circumference of 6.78 meters, a diameter of 2.26 meters and a height of about 25 meters. It is a common oak (Quercus pendunculata ), whose age is estimated at about 400 to 450 years. Thus it has been during the Reformation, nearly a century before the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, planted at this point. In several text books it is "one of the most beautiful oak Germany " pictured and described.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Endlichhofen

Economy

Endlichhofen is a residential community with rural character.

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