Schweighausen

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Bad Ems-Nassau
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.66 km 2
Residents:	219 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56377
Area code :	02604
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 127
Association administration address:	Am Adelsheimer Hof 1 56377 Nassau
Website :	www.schweighausen-taunus.de
Mayoress :	Sonja Puggé
Location of the local community Schweighausen in the Rhein-Lahn district

Schweighausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Ems-Nassau community .

geography

Schweighausen is located in the western Hintertaunus between the south bank of the lower Lahn and the Rhine .

history

Schweighausen is mentioned as early as 1255 as the possession of Nassau Castle and Farm. The Freiherrn vom Stein (feudal bearers of the Counts of Nassau since 1409) were imperial lords of the village from 1613 to 1804 as part of the Stein zu Nassau rule . In 1806 the place was assigned to the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 . Schweighausen has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

The population developed in the 19th and 20th centuries as follows: 1843: 150 inhabitants, 1927: 227 inhabitants, 1964: 206 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor of Schweighausen is Sonja Puggé. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was re-elected with 68.79% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : "A red mark in gold (arrow with crossbar, on the right a smear, on the left a bow pulling the arrow stick downwards)."

Justification of the coat of arms: This Schweighäuser place symbol appears on an old boundary stone. The place can be proven as a Nassau fiefdom of the lords von Stein as early as the 14th century and remained Steiner's possession until 1806. The colors of the coat of arms are therefore complemented by those of the barons vom Stein. The Schweighausen court, attested since 1550, did not have its own seal. Only after its transition to Nassau did the community have seals since 1816, but they do not include a picture.

Attractions

• Evangelical church with a late Romanesque west tower

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Schweighausen
• List of natural monuments in Schweighausen

Others

The German Limes Cycle Route runs through Schweighausen . It follows the Upper German-Raetian Limes over 818 km from Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube .

Web links

Commons : Schweighausen  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the community of Schweighausen
• Local community Schweighausen on the website of the Bad Ems-Nassau community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Schweighausen. Retrieved November 3, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Ems-Nassau, Verbandsgemeinde, 21st line of results. Retrieved November 3, 2019 . 
4. ^ Karl Ernst Demandt and Otto Renkhoff : Hessisches Ortswappenbuch. C. A. Starke Verlag, Glücksburg / Ostsee 1956, p. 247.