Ehrenbach
Ortsteil of Idstein in Hesse, Germany
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Ehrenbach is a village, first mentioned in 1371, that became in 1971 part of Idstein, Hesse, Germany.
Location
It is located southwest of Idstein in the Ehrenbach valley. The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes borders it in the south. The highest point is the Scheid mountain (472 m high=, in the north-west. The district road (Kreisstraße) K 707 connects Ehrenbach with the B 417 in the south-west and Idstein and the Bundesautobahn 3 in the north-east.
History
Ehrenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1371, as Ernbach.[2] A 1475 document (Weistum) of the Auroffer Grund named Nassau-Idstein as ruler of two Ehrenbach. In 1566, the village had twelve households (Hausgesess), and in 1609 ten households.[2]
In 1971, the independent village decided, together with two other settlements, to become part of Idstein.[3] The Stadtteil became a Ortsbezirk with elected representatives (Ortsbeirat, headed by the Ortsvorsteher, according to the Hessische Gemeindeordnung.[4] Since 1977, Idstein has been part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. In 2011, the 2011 German census counted 291 inhabitants, 24 of them foreigners (8,2 %), living in 132 households.[5][6]
Buildings
Ehrenbach features many timber-frame buildings. The Türmchen, serving as a Protestant church, was restored in 2020. A reconstructed Roman watch tower is part of the Kastell Zugmantel complex of the Limes World Heritage Site.
Zugmantelstraße
Former school
