Giesenhausen
Giesenhausen is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the municipality Hachenburg.
Geographical location
The 310 m high community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories, on the edge of Kroppacher Switzerland. The 488 -acre district is bordered to the north by Stein- Wingert, on the southeast by Kroppach, to the south Ingelbach, on the west by Sörth and to the northwest by Eichelhardt; the last three places are already in the circle old churches. On the southern edge of the district of the federal highway 414 and the railway line Limburg- old churches runs. The highest point in the district is the Giese Hauser height ( 348 m) at the access road to Kroppach, marked by a wind turbine. Surrounded widely is the place of forest land in the west to northeast ( Weidchen ) and arable and meadow areas.
History
1311 Giesenhausen was first mentioned in a document as Geysinhusen. About Geysinhuysen 1525 Geisenhausen 1579 the place name solidifies in the 18th century to the present Giesenhausen. The name derives from casting = Trough, Nebenrinnsal a stream, therefore to the houses of the small stream. Economically, agriculture was predominant.
Giesenhausen belonged to the parish Kroppach and by the end of the 18th century the country wonderfully to the county of Sayn- Hachenburg. 1799 was the county on the Erbweg to the princes of Nassau- Weilburg. In connection with the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine was the region and thus Giesenhausen 1806. At the newly established Duchy of Nassau Under the management of Nassau Giesenhausen was assigned to the Office Hachenburg. After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau, the place came in 1866 to the Kingdom of Prussia and was from 1868 to the province of Hesse -Nassau and Oberwesterwald circle. Since 1946 Giesenhausen is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.
The development of the population of Giesenhausen, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Giesenhausen 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 blazon is: " Late Gothic Buckler of a gold - blue split bar left diagonally split up in red a silver ploughshare, down in gold, a green branch with three green beech leaves ."
Culture and sights
In the village there are a number of old farmhouses dating from the 18th century, partly covered with plaster and slate. Available are also single half-timbered barns.
The natural monuments include the group of trees on the western outskirts of the village, consisting of two limes and a red oak, further comprising an oak 100 m south of the intersection at the Giese Hauser height and an old chestnut on Chestnut.
In the district of about 1.5 km north- west of the village is an old, about 500 m long and 1 m high boundary wall is on the boundary between Giesenhausen and Eichelhardt. This Gemarkungsgrenze which is circular border at the same time, used to be the border between the counties of Sayn- old churches and Sayn- Hachenburg later between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Duchy of Nassau.
Regular events
The annually on April 30 held, organized by the Maijugend, May Festival at the BBQ Hut is one of the highlights in community life.
The Hobby Club Giesenhausen held in the summer on a Saturday, a football tournament. Sunday is then aligned together with the volunteer fire department as a village and children's party.
The volunteer fire department organized at regular intervals on Father's Day the fire festival with fun and games for young and old.
During Advent, the clubs organize alternately Nicholas celebration, where is located and picked up at dusk, St. Nicholas in the village. So far he had always there as a surprise for the kids.
Traffic
- South of the town, the B 414 runs leading from old churches to Herborn.
- The nearest motorway junctions are in Siegen, Herborn Wilnsdorf or 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.