Neuhäusel is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''

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'' – in the

Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free ...

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. The community has been since early 2006 a major investment and activity centre for village renewal.

Geography

Neuhäusel lies in the area of the Augst communities (a small region) and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. Environmentally, Neuhäusel is part of the Lower

Westerwald The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish ...

in the Nassau Nature Park.

History

''Musbach'', which had its first documentary mention in 1198 as Neuhäusel's forerunner, was a small village that lay near where today's ''Ortsgemeinde'' lies. It was followed by Neuspay, which had its last documentary mention in 1537, and ''Wirt beym Creutz'', named in 1669. In 1675, the name Neuhäusel appeared for the first time. The community, which in 1789 was joined with the community of Eitelborn, became a separate community on 5 April 1810. Owing to its location on the important traffic link between the

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, Neuhäusel developed over the centuries from a rest stop for travelling people to a community with the character of a centre.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. * CDU 7 seats *

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2 seats *

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3 seats * FWV 4 seats

Coat of arms

Trade, transport and the community on both sides of the road are represented in the community's

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by the two half wagon wheels and the silver field in the middle. The old ''St. Anna-Kirche'' (church) built in 1877 is shown as a red steeple with a west portal. Saint Donatus is symbolized by a blue sword with a golden grip. The green double flank represents the community's charming location.

Town partnerships

Sauvigny-les-Bois,

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, since 1992

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community is linked to the road network through ''

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'' 49 (

Montabaur Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to w ...

- Koblenz).

Fire services

The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur maintains three

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s within its limits, one of which is in Neuhäusel. Its response area includes not only Neuhäusel, but also the municipal areas of Eitelborn, Kadenbach and

Simmern Simmern (; officially Simmern/Hunsrück) is a town of roughly 7,600 inhabitants (2013) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Simmern-Rheinböllen. In the Rhinelan ...

References

External links

Neuhäusel in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub