Rettershain

Rettershain is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Nastaetten.

Geography

Rettershain lies in the Taunus mountains on the facilities. The municipality also includes the residential places Birkenhof, fichtenhof, Forsthof and yard Heidert.

History

The first documentary mention is Rettershain to 1160. Rettershain belonged from the 14th century to " Vierherrischen " area. 1775 came the parish Oberwallmenach with Lautert and Rettershain to land county Hessen. Temporarily occupied by French troops ( "pays reserves" ), the place came in 1816 to the Duchy of Nassau. Since 1866 part of the Prussian province of Hesse -Nassau, the place in 1946 to the state of Rhineland -Palatinate. Since 1972 Rettershain part of the municipality Nastaetten to.

1921 a prehistoric mound grave was dug grave with three chambers in the forest at Rettershain.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Rettershain 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: " From Blue and Gold divided by a diagonal left rising, silver-blue split shaft key, above a growing, gold reinforced and five silver-red split lion, a golden orb holding, down a green three-bladed Buchenzweig ".

Explanation: The local arms of the lion remembered in the Hessian colors with the golden orb and the blue and gold colors of the former territorial lords of Nassau. The golden orb, which occurs in 1621 in the sign of Oberwallmenacher court seal, is the long affiliation savior grove to the " Four Men's Court " or " Huben court " Oberwallmenach, he thus connects Rettershain closely with the neighboring towns Lautert and Oberwallmenach that also the old court seal symbol in their local coat of arms lead. The book branch points to the location of the village in a beech forest ( - hain ). The blue symbolizes the membership of the " Blue Country ", which owes its name to the blue dyers.

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