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Coat of arms of the local community of Streithausen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Hachenburg
Height : 280 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.93 km 2
Residents: 501 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 127 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57629
Area code : 02662
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 299
Community structure: 5 districts
Association administration address: Gartenstrasse 11
57627 Hachenburg
Website : www.streithausen.de
Local Mayor : Eric Kohlhaas
Location of the local community Streithausen in the Westerwaldkreis
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Streithausen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hachenburg community .

geography

Geographical location

From a large-scale perspective, Streithausen is located between Koblenz and Siegen , in the south-north axis and between Cologne and Frankfurt am Main , in the west-east axis, in the northern part of the Westerwald , which also forms the northern part of Rhineland-Palatinate . The community is counted as part of the Kroppacher Switzerland area , which characterizes the Small and Large Nister , with their narrow valleys and sometimes steep mountain slopes. The village is located south of the Kleine Nister in a side valley, which is built on both slopes (southern slope with the Ley and Sonnenberg and northern slope with the Leychen and Hofberg).

Neighboring communities

The district covers 392 hectares and is at an altitude of 230 to 380  m above sea level. NN . It borders in the northeast on the Atzelgift and Nister districts , in the southeast to the southwest with the Große Nister on the districts Hachenburg , Müschenbach and Astert, in the west on the Limbach district and in the northwest with the Kleine Nister on the Limbach and Atzelgift districts. The total length of the district boundary is around 15 km.

Community structure

In addition to the Kempfsmühle farmsteads , north of the Kleine Nister on the edge of the forest, the morning sun , southeast on the road between Luckenbach and Hachenburg, the Kellerhof , south on the Nister district boundary, the Marienstatt Cistercian monastery, founded in 1222, also belongs to Streithausen.

climate

Streithausen falls into the north-west German climatic area and is covered by the climatic districts of the Bergisches Land, the Sauerland, the Eifel and the central Rhine Valley. The large climate is characterized by maritime influences. The average annual rainfall is 1150 millimeters. The mean annual temperature is 7.8 ° C.

history

The first documentary mention is the date November 2, 1279, when Kunigunde von Streithausen (Strithusin) and her children, who came from the noble family of the Lords von Nister, sold goods in the nearby Hailzhausen to the Marienstatt Abbey . Around 1800, most of the area belonged to the abbey. With the ending -hausen, Streihausen is one of the oldest settlements in this area. A mill near the village is first mentioned in 1842. Streithausen had twelve houses in 1579, twelve fireplaces in 1624, 23 men in 1714, 105 in 1760 and 135 in 1818.

The Lords of Nister also owned a former tower hill castle ( Motte Streithausen ), which was located on the northern outskirts of the village, directly on the Kleine Nister. The 1000 year old castle was the center of the old manor Nister. The 12 m diameter hill on which the tower stood and the moat have been preserved. The former Streithhäuser Hof , which Johann von Nister sold to the Marienstatt Abbey in 1287 , belonged to the castle . After the abbey was abolished , it passed into Nassau ownership, fell into disrepair and was completely destroyed by fire. In 1876/77 the municipality of Streithausen bought all of the land from the Prussian state .

In 2004 the municipality of Streithausen celebrated its 725th anniversary with a large ceremony and a play specially prepared for the celebration. In 2004, Streithausen was named the most beautiful village in the Westerwaldkreis.

Population development

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

year Residents
1579 12 houses
1624 12 fireplaces
1714 23 men
1760 105
1815 135
1835 126
1871 228
1905 222
year Residents
1939 294
1950 427
1961 512
1970 589
1987 514
1997 613
2005 572
2019 501

Presumably east of the present location Streihausen lies the deserted village Hailzhausen. The place is first mentioned in 1270. For later mentions up to around 1450 it is unclear whether it was still an inhabited settlement at that time.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Eric Kohlhaas became local mayor of Streithausen in summer 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 57.80% of the vote.

Eric Kohlhaas' predecessors were Gottfried Benner (term of office 1999–2019) and Werner Orthey (1989–1999).

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by a wavy cut diagonally right from gold and blue; in front three red diamonds, behind a gold-lined silver rose with stem and leaves. "

Culture and sights

Buildings

Marienstatt Abbey Church
Historic Nister Bridge west of the abbey

Various half-timbered houses in the town center are worth seeing. a. the Scholtzenhaus parish hall , as well as the Marienstatt Abbey belonging to the parish with a grammar school, brewery and bookstore. Other attractions are

  • Former monastery mill
  • Historic Nister Bridge west of the abbey: The four-arched bridge made of quarry stone is only used as a pedestrian bridge today. It was erected in its present form in 1721 on much older foundations. It is a listed building .

nature

Streithausen is located in the Nistertal nature reserve .

Regular events

Every year the famous Streits fair takes place there. Traditional customs such as B. the sock burning as a conclusion is still cultivated today.

Economy and Infrastructure

The community has a library, children's playgrounds, leisure and sports facilities and an extensive network of hiking trails with connections to Kroppacher Schweiz .

education

The community is a primary school location for four local communities. Within these four communities (Limbach, Streithausen, Atzelgift and Luckenbach) there is an interdependence in the communal, cultural and sporting fields. The municipality of Streithausen also maintains a common sports field and areas for possible later joint projects (e.g. sports hall at the primary school) in the Nasse Heide area. The fairground located at Kreisstraße 20 in the same area is used by the community of Streithausen as well as by the neighboring community of Atzelgift.

The old-language private grammar school Marienstatt , which is supported by the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt , is located in the municipality of Streithausen. The school was founded in 1910 and has a Christian profile in which religion, Latin and Greek are given high priority.

literature

Web links

Commons : Streithausen  - 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 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 74 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ This was 800 meters southeast of the place.
  4. ↑ Walter Kwasnik and Dieter Trautmann: Landscape Museum Westerwald Hachenburg: Westerwald contributions 1 - Natural and cultural-historical monuments in the Westerwald: Kroppacher Switzerland and Hachenburg . Hachenburg, 1981, p. 98 f.
  5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  7. ↑ a b Facts and Figures. The mayors of the municipality after World War II. Local community Streithausen, accessed on June 8, 2020 .
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, 30th line of results. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .