Ewighausen
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Ewighausen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ewighausen within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Ewighausen  Ewighausen | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′06″N 7°49′40″E / 50.53500°N 7.82778°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Selters (Westerwald) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–24) | Andres Höver |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 244 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56244 |
| Dialling codes | 02666 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.selters-ww.de |
Ewighausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.
The municipality lies 5 km east of Selters in the Westerwald on Landesstraße L 303 between the Westerwald Lake District and the Kannenbäckerland.
History
In 1397, Ewighausen had its first documentary mention. The name's spelling has changed over the centuries from Ebichusin to Ebeckusen und Ewighusen and then into Ewighausen. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 6 council members, including the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
