Nentershausen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Nentershausen
Nentershausen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Montabaur
Mayor Helmut Ortseifen
Basic statistics
Area 7.55 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Elevation 286 m  (938 ft)
Population 1,993 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 264 /km2 (684 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56412
Area code 06485
Website www.nentershausen-westerwald.de

Nentershausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg an der Lahn and Montabaur on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Neighbouring communities

Nentershausen’s immediate neighbours are Eppenrod, Kleinholbach, Görgeshausen, Heilberscheid, Niedererbach and Nomborn.

History

In 841, Nentershausen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

CDU Wählergruppe Greiser Wählergruppe Ortseifen Total
2004 5 9 2 16 seats

Coat of arms

The community’s arms are formed out of its three court seals. Nentershausen, which came from the hereditary holdings of the Counts of Diez, was finally passed to the Electorate of Trier in 1564. The joint Trier-Nassau overlordship first worked out the Treaty of Diez of 1564. The Diez lion and the Trier cross display this collective political fate. The cloverleaves are taken as a special local Nentershausen emblem.

Partnerships

Vieux-Berquin, Nord, France

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Regular events

A kermis is held on the second weekend in August.

Economy and infrastructure

Important employers are businesses in filling station building, container and machine building, transport technology, building materials (roofing cardboard), plastic processing, Fördertechnik beside crafting operations from construction side industries.

Many of those in the workforce commute to Limburg, Frankfurt, Montabaur or Koblenz.

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), about 1 km away. InterCityExpress connections are to be had through the railway station at Limburg and Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, each just under 12 km away on the A 3. There are local public transport connections to Montabaur, Diez, Limburg and Koblenz, and well marked hiking paths around the community.

Education

Kindergarten, primary and regional schools; secondary andvocational schools in Montabaur, Diez and Limburg.

References

Further reading

Chronik Nentershausen 2000 edition

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.