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Untershausen

Coordinates: 50°24′3″N 7°50′42″E / 50.40083°N 7.84500°E / 50.40083; 7.84500
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Untershausen
Coat of arms of Untershausen
Location of Untershausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Untershausen is located in Germany
Untershausen
Untershausen
Untershausen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Untershausen
Untershausen
Coordinates: 50°24′3″N 7°50′42″E / 50.40083°N 7.84500°E / 50.40083; 7.84500
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Montabaur
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Cornelia Baas[1]
Area
 • Total1.92 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Elevation
335 m (1,099 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total511
 • Density270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56412
Dialling codes02602
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.untershausen.de

Untershausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

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In 1220, Untershausen had its first documentary mention as Bungelshausen.

Politics

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Community council

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The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

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The two red roses with green sepals and silver centres, with their Isenburg tinctures refer to the first documentary mention. The tinctures for law and wisdom, however, which the roses can also be said to have, recall the old Isenburg court's jurisdiction. The silver roof with its noteworthy ridge turret stands in the red point for the old bakehouse of Untershausen. The three-leafed beech twig stands with its green tincture for the forest and the Untershausen municipal area.

Economy and infrastructure

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The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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