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

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Neunkhausen belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1215, Adelheit von Molsberg endowed the parish of

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to found a monastery. On the spot, which is still called ''Zum Altenkloster'' (“At the Old Monastery”), a chapel brings the past to mind. It nowadays belongs to the ''Ortsgemeinde'' of Neunkhausen. For the monks living there then, the rough climate on the ''Neunkhäuser Plateau'', as it was known, was too harsh. They moved to a spot on the river Nister where they built the Marienstatt Monastery. In 1259, Neunkhausen had its first documentary mention. All statistics and information about Neunkhausen in the Middle Ages stem from the Marienstatt Monastery's documents.

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a

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show not only its membership in the parish of Kirburg but also the lion of the

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. The chapel in the lower field symbolizes the old monastery as well as the ''St. Wendelinuskapelle''. This chapel had its first documentary mention in 1447. It was found on what is today Neunkhausen's fountain square and was endowed by the Counts of Sayn. It stood until 1822.

Economy and infrastructure

South of the community runs '' Bundesstraße'' 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is '' Haiger/

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'' on the A 45 (

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Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ...

), some 25 km away. The nearest

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stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

External links

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