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	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 7 ° 50 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Nasta
Height :	420 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.81 km 2
Residents:	322 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06775
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 116
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 1 56355 Nastätten
Website :	www.rettershain.de
Local Mayor :	Uwe Jannaschk
Location of the local community Rettershain in the Rhein-Lahn district

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

geography

Rettershain is located in the Taunus on the Einrich . The community also includes the Birkenhof, Fichtenhof, Forsthof and Hof Heidert residential areas .

history

Rettershain is first mentioned in a document around 1160. Rettershain belonged to the "Vierherrischen" area from the 14th century. In 1775 the parish of Oberwallmenach with Lautert and Rettershain came to Hessen-Kassel . From 1806 to 1813 the region and thus also Rettershain was under French administration ( pays réservé ). In 1816 the place came into the possession of the Duchy of Nassau ( Amt St. Goarshausen ), which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 as a result of the so-called German War .

Since 1868 part of the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau , the place came to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 . Rettershain has been a member of the Nastätten community since 1972 .

After the First World War, the place was occupied by French troops until 1929 as part of the Allied occupation of the Rhineland .

In 1921 a prehistoric barrow with three burial chambers was excavated in the forest near Rettershain.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 162 1835 240 1871 264 1905 290 1939 516 1950 346

year Residents 1961 292 1970 304 1987 316 1997 358 2005 348 2019 322

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Rettershain consists of eight 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

Uwe Jannaschk is the local mayor of Rettershain. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 85.79% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by blue and gold by an obliquely rising, silver-blue split wedge, above a growing, gold-armored and five times silver-red split lion, holding a golden orb, below a green, three-leaf beech branch."

Reasons for the coat of arms: In the local coat of arms, the lion in the Hessian colors with the golden orb and the colors blue and gold reminds of the former territorial rulers of Nassau. The golden orb, which in 1621 occurs in the sign of Oberwallmenacher court seal, is the long affiliation Savior grove for "Four Mr. court" or "Huben court" Oberwallmenach, so it connects Rettershain closely with the neighboring towns Lautert and Oberwallmenach that also the old court seal symbol in their Carry local coats of arms. The beech branch indicates the location of the place in a beech forest (grove). The blue also symbolizes belonging to the “ Blue Land ”, which owes its name to the blue dyes.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Rettershain

Web links

Commons : Rettershain  - Collection of images

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 44 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Rettershain. Retrieved November 7, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Nastätten, Verbandsgemeinde, 26th line of results. Retrieved November 7, 2019 .