Dornholzhausen (Rhein-Lahn district)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Bad Ems-Nassau
Height :	305 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.93 km 2
Residents:	195 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	02604
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 033
Association administration address:	Am Adelsheimer Hof 1 56377 Nassau
Website :	www.dornholzhausen-rhein-lahn.de
Mayoress :	Ilona Koehler-Heymann
Location of the local community Dornholzhausen in the Rhein-Lahn district

Dornholzhausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Ems-Nassau community .

geography

The place is on the Unterlahnhöhen in the western Hintertaunus in the Nassau nature park . The highest point is the Köppel (336 m above sea level).

history

The place was first mentioned in 1260 under the name "Durrenholzhusen". Dornholzhausen was since the 12th century in the condominium later called " Vierherrisches auf dem Einrich " , which was jointly owned by Hessen-Kassel and various lines from Nassau . Dornholzhausen was assigned to the Nassau-Saarbrückisches Quartier.

The Reformation was introduced around 1540, and the clashes between Lutherans and Reformed people continued for a long time. In 1608 the pastor Heinrich Jakob Piskator from Dornholzhausen was stabbed to death by his predecessor in a dispute. In 1725 the pastors Heinicus were killed by robbery. Dessighofen and Geisig also belonged to the parish of Dornholzhausen .

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 the place belonged to the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 . Dornholzhausen came in 1868 to the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau . After the First World War , the place was occupied until the French withdrew in 1929. After the Second World War , the place was also in the French occupation zone and in 1946 became part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

From 1986 a village renewal was carried out in Dornholzhausen.

The population developed as follows in the 19th and 20th centuries: 1843: 199 inhabitants, 1927: 210 inhabitants, 1964: 188 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Dornholzhausen 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

The local mayor of Dornholzhausen is Ilona Köhler-Heymann. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was re-elected with 85.27% of the vote.

coat of arms

The coat of arms, which has been in use since 1991, shows "a green deciduous tree with roots in gold, accompanied by 2 red ears of wheat at the bottom right and left."

Attractions

• the baroque Protestant parish church
• the Martin Luther Oak

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Dornholzhausen
• List of natural monuments in Dornholzhausen

Web links

Commons : Dornholzhausen  - collection of images

• Dornholzhausen parish
• Local community Dornholzhausen on the website of the Bad Ems-Nassau community
• Chronicle of the Dornholzhausen community (PDF file; 4.2 MB)

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: Local council election 2019 Dornholzhausen. Retrieved November 3, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Ems-Nassau, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .