Elsoff

Elsoff (Westerwald ) is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rennerod.

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Geography

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between cities victories (35 km north), Wetzlar (28 km east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km south). Highest elevations are the Heispel (418 m) and the mountain time ( 391 m).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Westernohe in the northwest, Oberrod in the northeast, Menger churches in the southeast, nine churches in the South and Hüblingen in the southwest.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into the main town Elsoff and the location means Mayrhofen. The hamlet Elsoff includes the residential places Brunhildenhof, Marienhof and the court of Louis Hagen, to the hamlet of Mayrhofen means the living spaces yard clutter Neumühlestrasse, Christinenhof, Niederfeldhof and Lindenhof.

History

On 7 June 1969, the church today Elsoff from the communities Elsoff and Central Mayrhofen previously independent was newly formed. On 1 January 1975, the additional name was " ( Oberwesterwald District)" changed to " (Westerwald ) ".

The development of the population of Elsoff based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Elsoff (Westerwald ) consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.

Culture and sights

In Elsoff are some Asked conservation cultural monuments.

  • The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul, a three-aisled neo-Romanesque basalt quarry stone hall, built in 1911; the tower is assigned to the Middle Ages.
  • The yard clutter is a former farmhouse, which dates back to the 15th century; the present building parts are from the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • A holy house of the 19th century ( on the road to Menger churches).
  • A Way of the Cross, built prior to 1898, together with a high cross from 1900 ( north-east of the village on " Heispel ").
  • The Catholic chapel, a plain hall building of 1788 ( Chapel Street ).
  • A half-timbered house from the second half of the 18th century; at the house a cast-iron fountain running from the second half of the 19th century (well road).
  • A holy house of the 19th century ( north of the village ).

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • West of the church the B54, which runs from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen runs.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Herborn on the A45 Dortmund - Aschaffenburg, about 25 kilometers away.
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
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