Eschbach (near Nastatten)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '  N , 7 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Nasta
Height :	360 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.58 km 2
Residents:	157 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06771
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 040
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 1 56355 Nastätten
Website :	www.eschbach-rlp.de
Local Mayor :	Carsten Göller ( SPD )
Location of the local community Eschbach in the Rhein-Lahn district

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

geography

Place view

Eschbach is located in the western Hintertaunus , on the western edge of the Blauer Ländchen in the Rhein-Lahn district, about 8 km west of Nastätten and 6 km east of the Rhine between the two state roads L 333 and L 334.

history

Eschbach had been part of the “Vierherrischen” since the 14th century, was added to the Reichenberg office after the second Nastatter trial in 1755 , and remained Hessian until 1806. Temporarily occupied by French troops (as "pays reservé"), the place came in 1816 to the Duchy of Nassau . Since 1866 the place belonged to the Prussian province Hessen-Nassau and since 1946 part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1972 Eschbach was affiliated to the Nastaetten association.

Since 1563 Eschbach was ecclesiastically as a branch of the Protestant parish Weyer . Since 2003 the place belongs to the parish of Gemmerich.

Eschbach was captured by the US 346th Infantry Regiment at around 8:00 a.m. on March 27, 1945.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 140 1835 170 1871 196 1905 166 1939 184

year Residents 1950 191 1961 219 1970 207 1987 234 2005 189

politics

Municipal council

The council in Eschbach 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

The local mayor of Eschbach is Carsten Göller. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 77.45% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In blue and red divided by a curved golden cap ; in front three golden ears of corn, by sheaves, in the back golden hammers and mallets diagonally crossed, below a golden columned hall ( portico ). ”The heraldically incorrect official blazon reads:“ Split by a looped golden point, covered with a looped red half point, three in a blue field in front Ears of corn, hammer and mallet crossed at the back, a portico in gold below. "

The coat of arms was approved on July 30, 2003 by the district administration in Bad Ems . The coat of arms does not comply with the heraldic rules, so the symbol used by the municipality can only be described as commercial graphics or a logo . The Göpel symbolizes the rivers Reichelsteinerbach and Schafbach that flow together in Eschbach. The ears of grain stand for agriculture and the fertile soil, mallets and irons are symbols of earlier mining. The portico stands for the property of a Roman legionnaire, which was mentioned in a scientific publication around 1900 by the well-known historian Robert Bodewig . The colors stand for the former rulers, the Counts of Nassau and Katzenelnbogen .

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  Heraldically correct coat of arms

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  Utility coat of arms or logo

economy

Today the community is hardly influenced by agriculture. Only one full-time business and one part-time business are still active in the community. Most of the land is cultivated by farmers outside the municipality. There are also three craft businesses and a hotel in the community. Most of the citizens of Eschbach work in industrial and service companies in the Nastätten, Koblenz and Rhine-Main area.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Eschbach

Web links

• Local community Eschbach
• Local community Eschbach on the website of the association community Nastätten
• Short portrait with a film about Eschbach on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Stefan Michels: Sturm am Mittelrhein The German fights for retreat in the Vorderhunsrück and the Rhine-Moselle triangle and the end of the war in the Rhein-Lahn district in March 1945 . 1st edition. Helios Verlag, Aachen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86933-090-7 , p. 217 .
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Eschbach. Retrieved November 4, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Nastätten, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved November 4, 2019 . 
6. ^ Eschbach - history of a village, published by the community of Eschbach, editors Rolf Mollenhauer, Dieter Breiden and Klaus Redert, Eschbach, May 2004
7. ^ Email from the mayor of January 17th, 2015