Hergenroth

Hergenroth is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Westerburg.

Geography

Hergenroth is located 2 km north of Westerburg. To Hergenroth includes the living space Marienhohe.

History

The place was first mentioned in a document in 879 when it was donated to the St. Severusstift in Gemünden of Count Gebhard in Lahngau.

Hergenroth belonged to the rule Westerburg and came in 1806 in the wake of the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine under Napoleon the Grand Duchy of Berg. 1813 came Hergenroth temporarily to the House of Orange -Nassau and as a result the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the Duchy of Nassau. Under the management of Nassau Hergenroth belonged to the caste domination Leiningen- Westerburg in the Official Rennerod. In 1858 lived in Hergenroth 50 families with 182 inhabitants. 1866 was the Duchy of Nassau, and thus Hergenroth the Kingdom of Prussia.

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

Parish council

The local council in Hergenroth 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.

Traffic

  • The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
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