Ebertshausen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.57 km 2
Residents:	126 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56370
Area code :	06486
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 034
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 ; 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.vg-aar-einrich.de
Local Mayor :	Günter Stricker
Location of the local community Ebertshausen in the Rhein-Lahn district

Ebertshausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

The place is in the western Hintertaunus in the landscape of the Einrich , near Katzenelnbogen. The highest point near Berghausen is the Ergenstein at 420 meters above sea level .

Neighboring towns are Klingelbach (southwest) and Schönborn (north).

history

Ebertshausen was first mentioned in a document in 1150 under the name Ebrethishusen . Until 1479 the place was owned by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen . It then came to Hessen-Kassel by inheritance . Since 1806 the place belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1825 the manor in Ebertshausen was sold by the then owner, Hospital Gronau , and passed into private ownership. In 1866 Nassau and with it Ebertshausen were annexed by Prussia . Ebertshausen has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 . In 1972, as part of an administrative reform, the Verbandgemeinde Katzenelnbogen was formed, to which the local community Ebertshausen belonged until 2019 and which then became part of the Verbandsgemeinde Aar-Einrich.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	70
1835	85
1871	136
1905	126
1939	121
1950	138

year	Residents
1961	117
1970	110
1987	119
1997	136
2005	131
2019	126

politics

Municipal council

The council in Ebertshausen 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

Günter Stricker is the local mayor of Ebertshausen. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 70.11% of the vote, making him the successor to Michael Fischer.

coat of arms


	Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms adopts the Katzenelnbogen colors of red and gold. In the upper part it shows three house shapes typical for Ebertshausen homesteads. In the lower part there are ears of wheat as a symbol for a farming village and a wolf tang as a typical house symbol .