Finallyhofen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Nasta
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.24 km 2
Residents:	157 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56355
Area code :	06772
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 037
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 1 56355 Nastätten
Website :	www.endethofen.de
Local Mayor :	Hartmut Christ
Location of the community of Endlichhofen in the Rhein-Lahn district

Endlichhofen is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association of Nastaetten .

geography

The place is located in the Taunus in the so-called Blue Ländchen west of Nastätten . Endlichhofen also includes the Endlichhofer Höhe settlement.

history

Endlichhofen was first mentioned in a document in 1296. The wording of this document reads: "In 1296 King Adolff gave the Closter 6 Malter Korn, 6 Malter Habern 6 solidos denarium Coloniensium annually to be received at Endlichhofen until replacement."

The place is mentioned in documents in 1361 as Endelengebe , 1411 as Endelingobin and 1526 as Endlichhofen and was a county-free place that belonged to the Miehlen court .

After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the place came to the Duchy of Nassau and after the German War in 1866 to Prussia, where it was part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau . After the First World War , Endlichhofen was occupied until the French withdrew in 1929; after the Second World War , it also belonged to the French occupation zone . In 1946 the place came to the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Endlichhofen has been a member of the Nastätten community since 1972.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 89 1835 146 1871 146 1905 154 1939 150 1950 166

year Residents 1961 164 1970 156 1987 145 2005 158 2011 152 2017 164

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Hartmut Christ is the local mayor of Endlichhofen. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, there were no applicants. In this case, the municipal code provides for an election by the municipal council, which took place unanimously on June 28, 2019. Christ is the successor to Carmen Carola Hartung, who did not run again.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under the blue head of an angular shield, enclosed between two golden shingles by a growing, turned-away silver bow, a red lined crown with three red balls, a green oak with five silver acorns in gold."

Attractions

Natural monument "Thick Oak" Endlichhofen, spring 2003

This time called "Beautiful Oak", summer 2014

Natural monument thick oak

On the outskirts of the community of Endlichhofen, directly on the district road 80, stands the "Big Oak", often called "Beautiful Oak". It is a natural monument of special rank ( location ). The oak has a chest height circumference of 7.55 m (2014) and a height of 18 m. It is an English oak (Quercus pendunculata) , the age of which is estimated according to various sources to be 350 to 560 years. It is believed, however, that it was planted here as early as the Reformation, almost a century before the outbreak of the Thirty Years War. In several specialist books it is depicted and described as "one of the most beautiful oaks in Germany".

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Endlichhofen
• List of natural monuments in Endlichhofen

economy

Endlichhofen is a residential community with an agricultural character.

Web links

Commons : Endlichhofen  - collection of images

• Homepage of the local community Endlichhofen
• Local community Endlichhofen on the website of the association community Nastätten

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 66 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved October 19, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved October 19, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Nastätten, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results. Retrieved November 5, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Hartmut Christ: Local elections 2019. Edition 28/2019. Blue Ländchen current - Heimat- u. Citizens' newspaper VG Nastätten, accessed on November 5, 2019 . 
7. ↑ "Schöne Eiche von Endlichhofen" in the tree register at www.baumkunde.de
8. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017