Dessighofen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Bad Ems-Nassau
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.57 km 2
Residents:	176 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06776
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 026
Association administration address:	Am Adelsheimer Hof 1 56377 Nassau
Website :	www.dessighofen.de
Local Mayor :	Wilfried Ilgauds
Location of the Dessighofen parish in the Rhein-Lahn district

Dessighofen (dialect: "Dessje") is a local community in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Ems-Nassau community .

geography

Dessighofen is located in the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ) on the Einrich , in the south-west of the municipality.

history

Dessighofen originally belonged to the Einrichgau and was first mentioned in 1145 in a document from the Schönau monastery .

Dessighofen had been in the condominium , later called “ Vierherrisches auf dem Einrich ” , since the 12th century , which was jointly owned by Hessen-Kassel and various lines from Nassau . Dornholzhausen was assigned to the Nassau-Saarbrückisches Quartier.

After the division of the "Vierherrischen" in 1774, the place came under the joint sovereignty of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Diez and was assigned to the Nassau office. From 1806 Dessighofen belonged to the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 . Dessighofen came to the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau in 1868 and became part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 .

Dessighofen has belonged to the Nassau community since 1972. On January 1, 2019, it was merged with the Bad Ems community to form the Bad Ems-Nassau community.

The population developed in the 19th and 20th centuries as follows: 1843: 128 inhabitants, 1927: 135 inhabitants, 1964: 128 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Wilfried Ilgauds is the local mayor of Dessighofen. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 73.21% of the vote.

coat of arms

The municipality has had its own coat of arms since 1991:

	Blazon : "In gold over a five-leaf green oak branch with two red acorns a jumping black horse."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Dessighofen

Web links

Commons : Dessighofen  - Collection of Images

• Local community Dessighofen on the website of the Bad Ems-Nassau community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Nassau territories from the property holdings immediately before the French Revolution until 1866 , Wiesbaden: Stein, 1870, p. 29 ( dilibri.de )
3. ↑ Helfrick Bernhard Wenck: Hessische Landes Geschichte: Mit Urkundenbuch , Volume 1, 1783, S. LVI ( Google Books )
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Dessighofen. Retrieved November 3, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Ems-Nassau, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .