Zehnhausen bei Rennerod

Zehnhausen at Rennerod is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rennerod.

• 4.1 Village Life
• 4.2 traffic

Geographical location

The community Zehnhausen is on the top of the basalt high Westerwald at an average altitude of about 530 m above sea level. NN. The place is right on the main road 54, Mainzer Straße, a medieval trade route. It comes from Mainz and leads to Siegen. The road had but little influence on the development of the town.

History

The place name with the suffix " -sen " suggests that the site at the time of the strongest Frankish colonization wave of the Westerwald in the 6th to 11th century has emerged.

Another source states that the name is derived from Zehnhausen Canossa. In the local dialect it is said to Zehnhausen: Cenesse = Canossa; ( Canhossa = Canhosa = Cenhusen = Zehnhausen ).

Zehnhausen heard since time immemorial to the parish Emmerichenhain and is characterized Protestant since the Reformation.

For centuries, the village belonged to the house of Nassau.

The first written mention dates back to 1335, as the place is called Zhenhusen. It is believed that the core of the original village can be found in the hallway Altzehnhausen, which is about 1.2 kilometers southwest of the present location. There remains of walls found, however, remains of the hallway walls could be. The no longer existing site Königshub - 1440 Konigshuse, located about one kilometer north, formed with Zehnhausen to 1738 a church. The Flurname child Schue still shows the location of the deserted village.

In 1635 there were in Zehnhausen only two completely impoverished households. 1643 there were 16 inhabitants. On April 17, 1658 burned in one hour 16 houses down completely. 1660, 36 people were counted in 6 families in the place; In 1782 there were 169 and in 1807 lived 33 families with a total of 168 people in the town. 1736 a branch school was first mentioned in 1784 and they built the first own schoolhouse. The village school was used until the end of the 1960s. In a classroom all eight vintages were taught.

In June 1796, the inhabitants of Zehnhausen fled to Nenderoth in the forest Kreuzberg on the Johannesburg before advancing French troops, who were advancing from Hachenburg forth on the Westerwald Emmerichenhain. There are also some children were born.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Zehnhausen 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: "shield left diagonally divided by wave cut of blue and gold, a golden crown, front, rear, a blue fountain trough with fountain column, it silver ornaments ".

Economy and infrastructure

Trade and tourism offer only a handful of jobs. Agriculture is only a sideline. As before, most workers commute to the surrounding areas.

Village life

1964 won the place a silver medal in the special class at the competition Our village is beautiful. The place has a singing (vocal club " Liederkranz ") and a sports club (SV Adler ) with its own sports field and sports hall. For children already in the 1960s, a playground is. In the village hall, the former Backes, there is also the fire station. There is an annual Village and Fountain Festival. New hiking trails to increase the attractiveness of the place.

Traffic

• In the immediate vicinity of the place, the federal highway 54, which connects Limburg an der Lahn with victories, and the federal highway 414 which leads from Hohenroth after Hachenburg cross.
• The nearest motorway junction is Herborn on the A45 Dortmund -Aschaffenburg, about 18 kilometers away.
• The nearest train station is in ICE Montabaur at the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.