Enspel
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Enspel | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Enspel
within Westerwaldkreis district
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  Enspel  Enspel | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′05″N 7°53′11″E / 50.61806°N 7.88639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dieter Wisser[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 297 |
| • Density | 203/km2 (527/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57647 |
| Dialling codes | 02661 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.enspel.de |
Enspel is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Enspel lies 10 km northwest of Westerburg on a bank on the west slope of the Stöffel, a basalt mountain. The municipality's structure is based on the nearby basalt quarries which were worked beginning about 1900. Worth seeing are the mighty crevices and outcrops in the Stöffel. Since 1972 Enspel has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
History
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
