Ettinghausen, Germany

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

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Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg.

History

Ettinghausen was first mentioned in documents as Ittincusen in 1367.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ettinghausen consists of eight 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 coat of arms description reads: "coat of arms with two fields in silver and green, divided by a left-sided wave beams ".

In the illustration in the two fields, it is a lime tree and a well. The wave bar represents one stream. In the symbolic significance of the linden tree is on the coat of arms included because it was several hundred years old and was known in Ettinghausen. This is now no longer present but still get on the coat of arms. When the fountain is the source of Ahrbachs, which rises in Ettinghausen. And in the above- described wave beams is the Ahrbach which also runs through other villages.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• Directly through the village runs the B 255 Montabaur and Herborn connects.
• The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3 Cologne -Frankfurt am Main, about 10 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.