Anhausen

Anhausen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rengsdorf.

• 2.1 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Public bodies
• 4.3 Sports Facilities
• 4.4 Recreation

Geography

The village lies on the edge of the Westerwald on the slopes of the Neuwied Basin in the Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park. To Anhausen include residential places Bergmannshof, forest house, forest house Brown Mountain, Peterhof and Rosenhof.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Meinborn, Rüscheid and Thalhausen, the nearest towns are Dierdorf and Neuwied.

History

• For Roman Archaeology and History Main article fortlet Anhausen

Because of finds Frankish graves in the immediate vicinity of Anhausen (hall " Ochs piece" ) is to assume that in the 7th century was a settlement here.

For the first time the village was mentioned in documents in an arbitral award of the General Chapter of the Premonstratensian Order in Prémontrés from the year 1204. In this document rights of the abbey Rommersdorf for " were par. hanhusen ", ie for the parish Anhausen, awarded. The presence of a parish suggests that at the time was already a church and a settlement. A few years earlier, Bruno von Isenburg had begun with the construction of the nearby castle Brown Mountain. The gentlemen of Isenburg - Kobern had the right of patronage ( 1268 ) in Anhausen, the church is probably due to a donation of the Lords of Isenburg.

The name Anhausen evolved from " Hanhusen " (or " grove Husen " in the sense of " Waldhausen " ) in 1204 on " Aynhusen " ( 1343 ) to Anhausen ( 1529).

Count John IV of Wied, Anhausen belonged to the County of Wied since 1344, mid-16th century, the Reformation was introduced. That was due to the influence of the Archbishop of Cologne Hermann V of Wied, who was an uncle of John. The church and the pastor were now Protestant.

As a result of the Confederation of the Rhine under Napoleon created the parish Anhausen came to the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 and in 1815 Prussia after the Congress of Vienna.

Population Development

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

Policy

Parish council

The council consists of 16 councilors, as well as the honorary chairman and local mayor. These were chosen in the local elections on June 7, 2009 in a majority vote. The council members belong to three different groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In gold and silver cleaved by a bent- green top, is a residential tower-like silver castle with a center wall and falling on the outer edge of each by a buttress -supported side walls, encircling battlement and below the top floor revolving round arch frieze, eight open segmental arch windows, of which the split three upper and the middle wall superior, half-high gatehouse with five pinnacles, open round arch and open arched windows; forward four oblique red bar; rear two red bars ".

The castle shown is the stylized image of the mountain above the castle Brown Aubachtal and the district Anhausen. The green surrounding the castle symbolizes the forest wealth of the community. The two red bars in silver are the arms of the Lords von Isenburg, who had ancient rights in the parish Anhausen. The four red oblique bar in gold are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Wied. The rule of Brown Mountain, identical with the later parish Anhausen, belonged from 1344 to 1806 to the County of Wied.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The nearest motorway junction is Dierdorf on the Autobahn 3 ( about 8 km). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.

Public institutions

In Anhausen there is a primary school and a kindergarten. In Anhausen is also the fire brigade parish Anhausen, responsible for communities Anhausen, Meinborn, Rüscheid and Thalhausen. The volunteer fire department was established from the units of fire brigades Anhausen and Thalhausen new in 2005.

Sports Facilities

Anhausen / Meinborn has a tennis court with three courts. In addition to the primary school is a multi-purpose hall, which is also used as a gym. Behind the multi-purpose hall is a Street Sports Square, which can be used for basketball, football and hockey.

Recovery

Near the edge of Anhausen is the limit. The Limes runs along the regional trail Rheinhöhenweg.