Ewighausen

Ewighausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.

Ewighausen
Coat of arms
Location of Ewighausen within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°32′06″N 7°49′40″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Peter Menngen
Area
• Total	2.55 km^2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	233
• Density	91/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02666
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.selters-ww.de

Geography

Location

The community lies 5 km east of Selters in the Westerwald on Landesstraße L 303 between the Westerwald Lake District and the Kannenbäckerland.

History

In 1397, Ewighausen had its first documentary mention. The name's spelling has changed over the centuries from Ebichusin to Ebeckusen und Ewighusen and then into Ewighausen. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members, including the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies west of Bundesstraße 8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.

External links

• Ewighausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)