Himmighofen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Himmighofen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Nasta
Height :	325 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.04 km 2
Residents:	319 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06772
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 055
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 1 56355 Nastätten
Website :	www.unser-himmighofen.de
Local Mayor :	Holger Breithaupt
Location of the local community of Himmighofen in the Rhein-Lahn district

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

geography

Himmighofen is located in the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ) in the so-called Blue Ländchen .

history

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There is no evidence for any statements on history after 1479.

In 2000 the community of Himmighofen celebrated its 750th anniversary.

Until 1479 the place was part of the County of Katzenelnbogen, more precisely the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen , after which it became part of the Landgraviate of Hesse . Himmighofen was subordinate to the Reichenberg Office and the Ruppertshofen Court . The Reformation was introduced in 1527.

From 1567 it belonged to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Rheinfels, from 1583 to Hessen-Kassel.

During the Thirty Years' War, the Lower County of Hessen-Darmstadt was occupied and in fact belonged to Hessen-Darmstadt, but returned to Hessen-Kassel in 1648.

From 1806 to 1813 the area was under French administration ( pays réservé ). After the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region and thus also Himmighofen were assigned to the Duchy of Nassau on the basis of an exchange agreement in 1816 . As a result of the so-called German War , the Duchy of Nassau was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 .

After the First World War , Himmighofen was occupied until the French withdrew in 1929, after the Second World War it was also in the French occupation zone and since 1946 has been part of the then newly established state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Himmighofen was occupied by US troops on March 27, 1945.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Himmighofen consists of eight 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 Himmighofen is Holger Breithaupt. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 91.71% of the vote.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Himmighofen

Web links

Commons : Himmighofen  - Collection of Images

• Local community Himmighofen on the website of the association community Nastätten
• Private website " Mein Himmighofen "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Helfrick Bernhard Wenck: Hessische Landes Geschichte: Mit Urkundenbuch , Volume 1, 1783, S. LIV ( Google Books )
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2019 Himmighofen. Retrieved November 6, 2019 . 
4. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Nastätten, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .