Neuhäusel

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Coat of arms of the local community Neuhäusel
Neuhäusel
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Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Montabaur
Height : 320 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.67 km 2
Residents: 2034 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 1218 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56335
Area code : 02620
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 052
LOCODE : DE 83S
Association administration address: Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website : www.vg-montabaur.de/
Local Mayor : Werner Christmann ( CDU )
Location of the local community Neuhäusel in the Westerwaldkreis
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Center of Neuhäusel (2020)

Neuhäusel is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Montabaur community .

Geographical location

Neuhäusel is located between Montabaur and Koblenz in the area of ​​the Augst communities. In terms of its natural surroundings, Neuhäusel is part of the Lower West Forest in the Nassau Nature Park . Neighboring communities are Simmern in the west, Kadenbach in the east and Eitelborn in the southeast .

history

Musbach, first mentioned in 1198 as the predecessor settlement of Neuhäusel, was a small village that was close to today's local community. It was followed by Neuspay, mentioned for the last time in 1537, and by the Wirt at Creutz, mentioned in 1669 . The name Neuhäusel appears for the first time in 1675.

The current municipality of Neuhäusel has belonged to the Electorate of Trier since the Middle Ages . As a result of the Reichsdeputation Hauptschluss , the areas on the right bank of the Rhine of the Electorate of Trier, including Neuhäusel, fell to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg . From 1806 the place belonged to the Duchy of Nassau and was administered by the Office of Montabaur . From 1815 Neuhäusel was a customs post on the Nassau border with Prussia . In 1866 the area became part of Prussia, Neuhäusel had belonged to the then newly formed Prussian Unterwesterwaldkreis in the province of Hesse-Nassau since 1867 . Neuhäusel has belonged to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Due to its location on the important traffic connection between the Rhine and the Westerwald , Neuhäusel has developed over the centuries from a rest station for carters to a community with a central character.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 172
1835 248
1871 325
1905 578
1939 639
1950 719
year Residents
1961 1.014
1970 1,331
1987 1,589
1997 2,094
2005 2,072
2019 2,034

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Neuhäusel consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the local mayor .

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FWV UBG total
2019 5 6th 5 - 16 seats
2014 3 7th 4th 2 16 seats
2009 3 6th 4th 3 16 seats
2004 2 7th 4th 3 16 seats
1999 3 7th 4th 2 16 seats
  • FWV = Free Electoral Association Neuhäusel eV
  • UBG = Independent Citizens' Group Neuhäusel eV

mayor

Werner Christmann (CDU) became honorary local mayor of Neuhäusel in 2009 . In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office as local mayor for a further five years with a share of the vote of 52.00%.

coat of arms

The two half silver wagon wheels and the silver field in the middle of the coat of arms stand for trade, traffic and the town on both sides of the street. The old St. Anna Church, built in 1877, is shown as a red church tower with a west portal. The Holy Donatus is symbolized by a blue sword with a golden handle. The green double flank symbolizes the charming location of the place.

Parish partnership

A partnership with the French community of Sauvigny-les-Bois has existed since 1992 .

Culture and sights

See the list of cultural monuments in Neuhäusel

Economy and Infrastructure

Village renewal

Since the spring of 2006, the community has been the focus of investments and measures for village renewal .

traffic

The municipality is connected to the transport network via the B 49 ( Montabaur - Koblenz ).

Kannenbäckerstraße begins in Neuhäusel and leads via Höhr-Grenzhausen and Ransbach-Baumbach to Boden, east of Moschheim .

Neuhäusel is served by the line 116/460 (Koblenz – Montabaur – Westerburg – Rennerod / Bad Marienberg) buses operated by the DB subsidiary Rhein-Mosel-Bus every day approximately every hour.

The closest connections to long-distance rail traffic are Montabaur station on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main and Koblenz main station on the left-hand Rhine route .

Bike trails

The German Limes Cycle Path leads through Neuhäusel . This follows the Upper German-Raetian Limes over 818 km from Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube .

safety

The Neuhäusel volunteer fire brigade is one of three base fire brigades of the Montabaur community that provide fire protection and general assistance. In addition to Neuhäusel, the disengagement area also includes the localities of Eitelborn , Kadenbach and Simmern .

people

Web links

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: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Annual review 2009. Werner Christmann - New mayor of Neuhäusel. Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur, 2010, accessed on June 23, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Montabaur, Verbandsgemeinde, 23rd line of results. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .