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	Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
Height :	367 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.61 km 2
Residents:	761 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	211 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57520
Area code :	02747
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 059
Association administration address:	Hellerstraße 2 57518 Betzdorf
Website :	www.vggebhardshain.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Lück
Location of the local community Kausen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Trinity Church

Kausen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Betzdorf-Gebhardshain community .

geography

The local community is located on the northern foothills of the Westerwald to the Siegerland south of Betzdorf ; Neighboring communities are Steineroth in the northwest, Molzhain in the west, Elkenroth in the south and Dickendorf in the southwest. The Alte Bornskopf (455 m) rises to the north of the village and the Hasselichskopf (508 m) to the southwest .

history

Kausen was first mentioned in 1461 as "Arkussen" in a Marienstatter document.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 133 1835 180 1871 265 1905 391 1939 475 1950 513

year Residents 1961 565 1970 664 1987 653 1997 742 2005 801 2019 761

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor of Kausen is Martin Lück. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 90.26% of the vote, making him the successor to Rainer Schütz.

Culture and sights

Associations are the Musikverein Kausen eV and the MGV "Satisfaction" Kausen.

Buildings

• Holy Trinity Church, built in 1935

Cultural monuments

List of cultural monuments in Kausen

Personalities

• Micha Krämer (* 1970), writer and musician born in Kausen

literature

• Konrad Fuchs: History of the Gebhardshain Association. 1815–1970 , Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-87439-082-9 .

Web links

Commons : Kausen  - collection of images

• Local community Kausen on the website of the Gebhardshain community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Kausen. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
4. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .