Neunkhausen

Neunkhausen ( dialect: Nuinkhouse ) is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ).

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  • 5.2 traffic

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories on the border with North Rhine -Westphalia.

To Neunkhausen includes the residential places old monastery courtyard and the old abbey mill.

History

In 1215 Adelheit of Molsberg founded the parish Kirburg establishing a monastery. At the point, the still called to the old abbey, a chapel reminiscent of the past. It now belongs to the local church Neunkhausen. For the monks at that time, the harsh climate of the plateau called Neunkhäuser Country stroke was too hard. They moved on and settled on the Nister, where they built the monastery Marienstatt.

The place Neunkhausen was first documented in 1259. All data and information about Neunkhausen in the Middle Ages derived from records of the monastery Marienstatt. Neunkhausen is the birthplace of the eminent publicist John Gross ( 1932-1999 ).

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Neunkhausen consists of 16 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 shows in addition to belonging to the parish Kirburg the lion of the county of Sayn. The chapel in the lower part of the emblem symbolizes both the chapel in the old abbey and the chapel of St. Wendelin. The St. Wendelin chapel is first mentioned in a document from 1447. It was located on the present fountain square Neunkhausen and was donated by the Counts of Sayn. It existed until 1822.

Culture and sights

→ see the list of cultural monuments in Neunkhausen

Economy and infrastructure

Business

The company Fingerhut house has its headquarters in Neunkhausen. Have been manufactured since the 1950s, prefabricated houses, the company was founded in 1903. It has nine sales offices and twelve Showhouse locations in Germany, Luxembourg and Austria.

Traffic

  • South of the town, the B 414 runs leading from Driedorf- Hohenroth after Hachenburg.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A45 Dortmund - Hanau, about 25 kilometers away.
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
Nister (river) Municipal council Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Montabaur station Fehl-Ritzhausen Hahn bei Marienberg Hardt, Westerwaldkreis Hof, Rhineland-Palatinate Nisterau Nistertal Stockhausen-Illfurth Unnau
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