Ehringshausen
Encyclopedia
Location
Ehringshausen lies in the valley of the DillDill (river)
The Dill is a long river, flowing through central Hesse in Germany. It is a tributary to the Lahn, joining it on the right bank at the town of Wetzlar.-Course:The Dill flows exclusively through the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district in Hesse...
between Wetzlar
Wetzlar
Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...
and Herborn
Herborn
Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German...
.
Neighbouring communities
Ehringshausen borders in the north on the community of MittenaarMittenaar
-Municipal area's extent:On Mittenaar's 3 518 ha live more than 5,000 people. About 45 km of roads connect the various centres. More than half the municipal area is wooded.-Neighbouring communities:...
, in the east on the town of Aßlar
Aßlar
Aßlar is a town near Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Aßlar lies on a foothill of the Westerwald range as well as on the river Dill, which empties into the Lahn in neighbouring Wetzlar, about 5 km to the southeast...
, in the south on the towns of Solms
Solms
Solms is a town west of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.In the constituent community of Burgsolms once stood the ancestral castle of the Counts and Princes of Solms, whose main lines were Solms-Braunfels, with their seat in Braunfels, and Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, with their seat in...
and Leun
Leun
-Location:Leun lies some 10 km west of Wetzlar between the foothills of the northern Taunus and the Westerwald in the Lahn valley, at a height of 150 to 330 m above sea level.-Neighbouring communities:...
, and in the northwest on the community of Sinn
Sinn (Hesse)
-Location:Sinn lies at a height of 185 to 356 m above sea level at the foot of the Westerwald range, 3 km south of Herborn in the Dill valley.-Edingen:...
(all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).
Constituent communities
The community has nine centres named Breitenbach, Daubhausen, Dillheim, Dreisbach, Ehringshausen, Greifenthal, KatzenfurtKatzenfurt
Katzenfurt is a local part of Ehringshausen.The name does not mean Katze , but the name comes from the Chatten or Katten, an ancient Germanic tribe.-External links:*...
, Kölschhausen and Niederlemp.
History
Ehringshausen had its first documentary mention in 802802
Year 802 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.-Europe:* October 31 – Irene is deposed as Empress of Byzantium, replaced by Nicephorus I, and banished to Lesbos....
in a donation document in the Lorsch codex
Lorsch codex
The Lorsch Codex is an important historical document created between about 1175 to 1195 AD in the Monastery of Saint Nazarius in Lorsch, Germany. It consists of 460 pages in large format containing more than 3800 entries...
. According to this document, Inric gave the Lorsch Monastery a fortified yard in the Barcdorfer Mark in the Lahngau. Barcdorf lay near today's Ehringshausen on the Dill's right bank. Whether it can be regarded as Ehringshausen's direct forerunner is, however, unclear.
The oldest centre in the community is, however, not the namesake centre, but rather Breitenbach, which had its first documentary mention in 778.
Politics
Ehringshausen was a stronghold of the extreme rightwing and nationalist National Democratic Party of GermanyNational Democratic Party of Germany
The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...
. For several decades, they have been represented on municipal council, even after the 2001 elections when their share of the vote fell from about 22% to 7.1%. In the 2006 municipal elections, they suffered a further setback when their share fell to only 4.9%. This still translated into two council seats.
Municipal council
The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:- CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
11 seats - SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
11 seats - FWG 7 seats
- NPDNational Democratic Party of GermanyThe National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...
2 seats
Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.
Coat of arms
The two charges in the shield of Ehringshausen's civic coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
represent different aspects of the community's history, both dating back many centuries. The point, somewhat resembling a church steeple
Steeple (architecture)
A steeple, in architecture, is a tall tower on a building, often topped by a spire. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure...
, stands for the local church, and the cogwheel for what was until 1956 the local industry – iron mining.http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/e/ehringshausen.htm
Partnerships
Ehringshausen maintains partnerships with the following places: RoquemaureRoquemaure, Gard
Roquemaure is a commune in the department of Gard in southern France. The small town is a centre of local wine production, especially of Lirac AOC, and is located on the right bank of the Rhone. The city Avignon is nearby.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
since 28 April 1973 Haverhill
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
since 16 April 1983 Neustadt am Rennsteig
Neustadt am Rennsteig
Neustadt am Rennsteig is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. Its history can be traced back to the 15th century. Due to its location at 805 metres above sea level, there is scarcely another thuringian locality located this high....
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
since 11 May 1991
Transport
Through Ehringshausen run Autobahn A 45Bundesautobahn 45
is an autobahn in Germany, connecting Dortmund in the west with Aschaffenburg in the southwest. It is colloquially known by its byname Sauerlandlinie, which derives from the Sauerland, the landscape which said autobahn is running through between the cities of Hagen and Siegen. Many people think of...
, with its Ehringshausen interchange, and the Siegen–Gießen railway line, with its Katzenfurt and Ehringshausen (Kr Wetzlar) stations. These are served hourly on workdays, and two-hourly Sundays and holidays by DB Regio
DB Regio
DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...
Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...
services between Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
and Gießen.
Personalities
- Frank PaulusFrank PaulusFrank Paulus is a German footballer who plays as a right-back for Chemie Leipzig.-Career:Paulus began his career with 1. FC Köln, where he progressed to the reserve team, before leaving the club in 1999, following coach Colin Bell to Dynamo Dresden of the Regionalliga Nordost...
(1978- ), German footballerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball... - Christoph Nix (1954- ), jurisprudential scholar and theatre manager
- Dominik Stroh-EngelDominik Stroh-EngelDominik Stroh-Engel is a German football player, who currently plays for SV Babelsberg 03.-Career:From 2005 until December 2006 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt as striker and moved to SV Wehen. In the 2005–06 season he scored half of the goals of the reserves in the Oberliga...
(1985- ), German footballer - Friedrich WeberFriedrich WeberFriedrich Weber, Dr. was an instructor in veterinary medicine at the University of Munich. In World War I he served in the Royal Bavarian 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria"...
(1949- ), state bishop