Untershausen

Untershausen

Coat of arms
Untershausen

Coordinates: 50°24′3″N 7°50′42″E / 50.40083°N 7.84500°ECoordinates: 50°24′3″N 7°50′42″E / 50.40083°N 7.84500°E
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Montabaur
Government
 • Mayor Siegfried Gilles
Area
 • Total 1.92 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 487
 • Density 250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56412
Dialling codes 02602
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.untershausen.de

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

Geography

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. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1220, Untershausen had its first documentary mention as Bungelshausen.

Politics

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.

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.

Economy and infrastructure

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.

References

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

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