Ettinghausen, Germany
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Ettinghausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ettinghausen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ettinghausen
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Ettinghausen | |
  Ettinghausen Location within Germany  Ettinghausen Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′02″N 7°52′24″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dieter Püsch[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 401 m (1,316 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 325 |
| • Density | 137/km2 (354/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56244 |
| Dialling codes | 06435 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.wallmerod.de |
Geography
The municipality lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 1367, Ettinghausen had its first recorded mention, as Ittincusen.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure
Ettinghausen is served by the local busses.of the lines 477, 480 and 959 and locsted in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), in the fare zone number 424.
Running right through the municipality is Bundesstraße 255 linking Montabaur and Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 10 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
There's a wind farm located on the area of Ettinghausen, Arnshöfen and Hahn am See.
