Arnshöfen

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Arnshöfen
Arnshöfen
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Arnshöfen highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wallmerod
Height : 413 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.94 km 2
Residents: 147 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56244
Area code : 02666
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 203
LOCODE : DE 9AV
Community structure: 3 districts
Association administration address:
Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website : www.arnshoefen.de
Mayoress : Michaela Hehl
Location of the municipality of Arnshöfen in the Westerwaldkreis
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The main street of Arnshöfen (2020)

Arnshöfen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

geography

Arnshöfen is located in the Westerwald between Hachenburg in the north, Westerburg in the east-northeast, Montabaur in the south and Selters in the west. The Kleine Saynbach flows through the village . It is located a little south-southeast of the Westerwald lakes plateau.

On the 1.5 km north-north-west of the village Helleberg ( 491  m above sea  level ) has been a lookout tower since 1998 .

The districts of the municipality are: Arnshöfen, Etzelbach and Niederarnshöfen (Niederdorf).

history

The town of Arnshöfen was first mentioned in a document in 1525.

Population development

The development of the population of Arnshöfen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1780 71
1835 121
1871 135
1905 159
1939 124
year Residents
1950 122
1961 130
1970 137
1987 139
1997 161
year Residents
2005 159
2011 152
2017 140
2019 147

politics

Municipal council

The council in Arnshöfen consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Michaela Hehl became mayor of Arnshöfen on July 18, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was elected for five years with a share of 64.58% of the vote.

Hehl's predecessor Heribert Metternich had held the office for 25 years.

coat of arms

Arnshöfen coat of arms
 Blazon : "Under the silver wave shield head, inside a continuous red cross, in blue in front of a lowered silver bar a golden sheaf with 4 ears."

traffic

The federal road 8 , which connects Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Limburg an der Lahn , runs directly through the village . The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the federal motorway 3 (Cologne – Frankfurt am Main), about 12 kilometers away. The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

See also

Web links

Commons : Arnshöfen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 80 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  4. ^ Melchior Thamm: The Montabaurer description of office. Part 1. 1909, p. 16 ( dilibri.de ).
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
  6. ^ Constituent meeting of the municipal council. In: About us - Wallmerod Association, Edition 30/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 2, 2020 .
  7. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Angela Baumeier: New local mayor: Michaela Hehl is the "first woman" in Arnshöfen. Westerwälder Zeitung, July 23, 2019, accessed on July 2, 2020 .