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

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'' – in the

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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

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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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and the

, 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

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in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. * CDU 7 seats *

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2 seats * UBG 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 wh ...

Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...

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.

References

External links

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