Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality since 1972 the then newly Westerburg.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Sport
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee lies 3 km northeast of Westerburg, on a hill near the western shore of Meadow Lake. The municipality also includes the residential places Forellenhof, In Röder Hahn, Winner shore and camping Wiesensee.

Neighboring municipalities are: Halbs, Hergenroth, Höhn, Pottum and Winnenberg.

History

Stahlhofen belonged to the early 19th century to the reign 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 Stahlhofen 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 the Nassau community Stahlhofen belonged to the caste domination Leiningen- Westerburg in the Official Rennerod. In 1858 lived in Stahlhofen 41 families with 159 inhabitants. 1866 was the Duchy of Nassau, and thus Stahlhofen the Kingdom of Prussia.

The name component " on Wiesensee " received the municipality on 1 January 1975.

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

Policy

Parish council

The council Stahlhofen 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, cleaved by a bent- red top, in five Asked to a cross golden trefoil plug crosses, front in gold, a blue wave bar is a silver fish, back in gold three green oak leaves ."

Green oak leaves represent the heritage forest 'own forest " of communities Stahlhofen, Halbs and Hergenroth dar. The forest represents a special form of ownership dar. The inherited from Westerburg of ownership is still owned by families from the communities. The blue wave beams with the fish represents the Wiesensee and Seebach with the fact operated fishing industry. The colors blue and gold are the link to the House of Nassau, to the Stahlhofen once belonged. The five golden plug crosses on red background are the coats of arms of Lower noble family of Henry of Stahlhofen removed, the Stahlhofen had their headquarters. The color of the red peak refers to the rule Westerburg.

Culture and sights

Structures

  • The Grade II listed old village school from 1830

Sports

The Wiesensee has a size of about 80 acres and adjacent circular walks offers opportunities for swimming, sailing, surfing and fishing. At the lake there is also a golf course.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • North of the village runs the B 255, which connects Montabaur and Herborn.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3 Cologne -Frankfurt am Main, about 20 kilometers away.
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
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