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	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 5 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	575 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.38 km 2
Residents:	200 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02667
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 214
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.rennerod.de
Mayoress :	Julia Bockius
Location of the local community Bretthausen in the Westerwaldkreis

Bretthausen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

geography

The community is located in the northeast part of the Westerwaldkreis in the Westerwald . It is located between Siegen in the north and Limburg an der Lahn in the south about nine kilometers east-northeast of Bad Marienberg . The Salzburger Kopf rises directly to the west and the Fuchskaute about two kilometers east-southeast .

Neighboring communities are Stein-Neukirch in the northwest, Liebenscheid in the north and Weißenberg in the east.

history

Bretthausen was first mentioned in a document around 1300.

In 1440 the place was attacked by troops of the Counts of Sayn in a dispute with Nassau-Beilstein and partly burned down, but unlike several similarly treated villages in the area, it was not desolate. The village of Urlen, north of Bretthausen at the source of the Erlenbach, was one of the destroyed villages.

Further village fires are guaranteed for 1715 and 1753. A Heimberger of his own is first mentioned in 1707. 1749 is named a winter schoolmaster.

Population development

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

year Residents 1534 5 bailiffs and 6 owners 1607 10 men 1650 6 men, 6 women 1738 21 fireplaces 1782 143 1815 195 1835 241

year Residents 1871 184 1905 154 1939 237 1950 171 1961 162 1970 180 1987 163 2005 201

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Julia Bockius became mayor of Bretthausen on July 19, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was elected for five years with 61.90% of the vote.

Her predecessor Peter Bockius had held the office of mayor for 35 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided in the tiller cut, three golden ears of corn growing in green above, on the right in gold a blue wavy bar accompanied by two gold-covered blue flax flowers, overturned below, on the left in red a silver roof turret with a black cross with two eight-lamellar, golden sound arcades ."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The colors blue, red, gold and silver indicate the earlier territorial affiliations. Three golden ears of wheat symbolize the important role of agriculture, the two blue flax flowers indicate the cultivation of linseed and the wavy band is related to the Great Nister . The symbolized bell tower represents the school built in 1910.

Culture and sights

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Bretthausen

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• In the immediate vicinity of the village, federal highways 54 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen , and 414 , which leads from Hohenroth to Hachenburg , cross.
• The next motorway junction is Herborn on the A 45 Dortmund - Aschaffenburg , about 20 kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : On the local history of Nassau: parish and court of Neukirch. In: Nassauische Annalen 1981 , pp. 150-168.

Web links

Commons : Bretthausen  - Collection of images

• Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod about the local community Bretthausen
• Brief portrait of Bretthausen on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ Report on the constituent meeting of the municipal council on July 19, 2019. In: Hoher Westerwald - Wochenkurier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 31/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 16, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved July 16, 2020 . 
6. ^ Elke Hufnagl: Honors and farewells to council members and local mayors. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 16, 2020 .