Arnshöfen

Arnshöfen is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wallmerod.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Arnshöfen lies in the Westerwald between Hachenburg in the north, in the east-northeast Westerburg, Montabaur in the south and seltzer in the West. It is located just south-southeast of the Westerwald Lake.

On the 1.5 km north-northwest of the village gelegenem Bright Mountain (491 m above sea level. NN ) is a viewing tower since 1998.

Community structure

The quarters are: Arnshöfen, Etzelbach and Niederarnshöfen (Lower Village ).

History

The place Arnshöfen was first documented in 1525.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Arnshöfen 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.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: "Under a silver shaft main shield, in a continuous -created Red Cross, in blue against a reduced silver bar a golden sheaf with 4 ears. "

Traffic

Directly through the village runs the main road 8, the old churches (Westerwald ) and Limburg an der Lahn connects. The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the Autobahn 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt ), about 15 kilometers away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.