Waigandshain

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Coat of arms of the local community Waigandshain
Waigandshain
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Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '  N , 8 ° 5'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Rennerod
Height : 530 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.04 km 2
Residents: 198 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56477
Area code : 02664
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 302
Association administration address: Hauptstrasse 55
56477 Rennerod
Website : www.rennerod.de
Local Mayor : Jürgen Höppner
Location of the local community Waigandshain in the Westerwaldkreis
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View of Waigandshain (2020)
The center of Waigandshain (2020)

Waigandshain is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg , about two kilometers southwest of the Fuchskaute ( 657.3  m ). The Breitenbach dam is located in the local area. East of the community rises the Homberg ( 635.3  m ), west of the Zellgerberg ( 550.2  m ).

Neighboring communities are Nister-Möhrendorf in the northwest, Homberg in the east and Emmerichenhain in the south.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1346 as Wiganshen . The place has been part of the parish Emmerichenhain since the Middle Ages and with this the rulership of the Westerwald . An older chapel in Waigandshain is described as ruinous in 1570. In 1749 the community established a school foundation and in 1752 had a half-timbered house built as a chapel and school. A school house had already been bought before.

A stately pond in the district was first mentioned in 1576 and had existed for a long time at that time. Shortly after 1828 it fell permanently dry.

From the year 1534 seven Vogtleute and 5 Nassau-Beilsteiner owners are named as residents of Waigandshain. In 1577 there were twelve compulsory houses. In 1607 there were seven men in the village. By 1637 the population had decreased to three men and a widow, probably because of the Thirty Years War. In 1643 there were again 21 inhabitants, in 1711 15 families. 139 inhabitants are named for 1741 and 203 in 1807.

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Waigandshain

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Jürgen Höppner became mayor of Waigandshain on June 28, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 73.87% of the vote.

Höppner's predecessor Ernst Theo Jung had held the office of mayor for 30 years.

coat of arms

Waigandshain coat of arms
 Blazon : " Late Gothic round shield, above a blue corrugated shield base, inside a golden double yoke, split, a golden bell tower in red with three sound windows in front, a green branch in gold with four green oak leaves and three green acorns."

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Established businesses

The Fuhrländer put wind turbines ago.

literature

  • Hellmuth Gensicke : Parish and court of Emmerichenhain . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 101 . Publishing house of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1990, p. 231-254 .

Web links

Commons : Waigandshain  - collection of images

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: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  3. ↑ a b Waigandshain municipal council. New mayor. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 29/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 19th result line. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .