Untershausen
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Untershausen | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
Mayor | Siegfried Gilles |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 1.92 km² (0.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 335 m (1099 ft) |
Population | 523 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 272 /km² (706 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | WW |
Postal code | 56412 |
Area code | 02602 |
Website | www.untershausen.de |
Location of Untershausen within Westerwaldkreis district | |
Untershausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] History
In 1220, Untershausen had its first documentary mention as Bungelshausen.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Coat of arms
The two red roses with green sepals and silver centres, with their Isenburg tinctures refer to the first documentary mention. The tinctures for law and wisdom, however, which the roses can also be said to have, recall the old Isenburg court’s jurisdiction. The silver roof with its noteworthy ridge turret stands in the red point for the old bakehouse of Untershausen. The three-leafed beech twig stands with its green tincture for the forest and the Untershausen municipal area.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.
[edit] External links
- Untershausen (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.