Schweighausen

Schweighausen is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Nassau.

Geography

Schweighausen located in the western Hintertaunus between the southern shore of the lower Lahn and the Rhine.

History

Schweighausen was first mentioned in 1255 as a possession of the castle and courtyard Nassau. The Freiherr vom Stein (since 1409 vassal of the Counts of Nassau ) were 1613-1804 rich immediate lords of the village. 1806 the site was assigned to the Duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 Schweighausen is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Parish council

The local council in Schweighausen consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Attractions

Protestant church with late Romanesque west tower

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schweighausen

Others

By Schweighausen leads the German Limes Cycle Route. It follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.

Nassau (Verbandsgemeinde) Municipal council Limes Germanicus Allendorf, Rhein-Lahn Altendiez Arzbach Attenhausen Auel Aull, Germany Bad Ems Balduinstein Becheln Berg, Rhein-Lahn Berghausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Berndroth Bettendorf, Germany Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate Birlenbach Bogel Bornich Braubach Bremberg Buch, Rhein-Lahn Burgschwalbach Charlottenberg, Germany Cramberg Dachsenhausen Dahlheim Dausenau Dessighofen Dienethal Diethardt Dornholzhausen Ebertshausen Eisighofen Eppenrod Ergeshausen Fachbach Filsen Geilnau Geisig Gemmerich Gutenacker Hainau, Germany Hambach, Germany Heistenbach Herold, Germany Himmighofen Hirschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Holzappel Holzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Horhausen, Rhein-Lahn Hunzel Isselbach Kaltenholzhausen Kasdorf Katzenelnbogen Kehlbach Kemmenau Kestert Klingelbach Lahnstein Langenscheid Laurenburg Lautert Lierschied Lipporn Lohrheim Lollschied Lykershausen Marienfels Miehlen Miellen Misselberg Mittelfischbach Mudershausen Netzbach Niederbachheim Niederneisen Niedertiefenbach Niederwallmenach Nievern Nochern Oberbachheim Oberfischbach Oberneisen Obernhof Obertiefenbach Oberwallmenach Oberwies Oelsberg Osterspai Patersberg Pohl, Germany Prath, Germany Reckenroth Reichenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Reitzenhain Rettershain Rettert Roth, Rhein-Lahn Ruppertshofen, Rhineland-Palatinate Sauerthal Scheidt, Rhineland-Palatinate Schiesheim Seelbach, Rhein-Lahn Singhofen Steinsberg Sulzbach, Rhein-Lahn Wasenbach Weidenbach, Rhein-Lahn Weisel Welterod Weyer, Germany Winden, Rhein-Lahn Winterwerb Zimmerschied

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