Görgeshausen

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Görgeshausen

Coat of arms
Görgeshausen
Coordinates: 50°24′39″N 7°57′22″E / 50.41083°N 7.95611°E / 50.41083; 7.95611Coordinates: 50°24′39″N 7°57′22″E / 50.41083°N 7.95611°E / 50.41083; 7.95611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Montabaur
Government
  Mayor Theodor Burkard
Area
  Total 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation 283 m (928 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 814
  Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56412
Dialling codes 06485
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.vg-montabaur.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park, and borders on Hesse. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1290, Görgeshausen had its first documentary mention as Gerinzhausen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Coat of arms

The middle part of the community’s arms symbolizes the so-called Löwenstein (“Lion’s Stone”), a border stone that once marked the boundary between Görgeshausen, which was then held by the Electorate of Trier, and the area belonging then to Nassau-Diez. The two linden twigs refer to the linden tree that formerly stood on the church hill in the middle of the village.

Sport

There is a sport club called Grün Weiß Görgeshausen. The name means “Green White”.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt) about a kilometre away.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

External links

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