Girkenroth

Girkenroth is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Westerburg.

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Geographical location

Girkenroth located 7 km south of Westerburg at the foot of the forest area Watzenhahn.

History

Girkenroth was first mentioned in documents as Gergerode in 1516. The word ending in- rode, - roth here refers to the medieval deforestation for the production of arable and pasture land.

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

Policy

Parish council

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

Coat of arms

The description reads: " Split of gold and silver by a bent- green top, is a golden ear of corn; left three blue oblique beams, right three black basalt columns ".

The three blue bars on a golden background show the coat of arms of the noble family of low Ottenstein, which had their desolate has become in the 14th century headquarters within the present district Girkenroth. A field name indicated today on this seat In the village itself by Ottenstein in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period had possession.

The base color of green, the village fringing forest areas and the significant here until our days grazing out (municipality herd until the 1960s ) to the. Agriculture as important to the 20th century nutritional foundation is also symbolized by the golden ear. The three columns of basalt on a silver background should be a symbol of the basalt massif Watzenhahn, at the foot of the village Girkenroth is. In our century, the reduction in the local quarry was the important source of income for the inhabitants.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• South of the village runs the main road 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg.
• The nearest motorway junction is Diez at the A 3
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.