Ehringshausen

Coordinates: 50°36′N 08°23′E / 50.600°N 8.383°E / 50.600; 8.383
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Ehringshausen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Ehringshausen
Coat of arms
Location of Ehringshausen within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
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Gießen
DistrictLahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor (2021–27) Jürgen Mock[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total45.43 km2 (17.54 sq mi)
Elevation
186 m (610 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,540
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35630
Dialling codes06443, 06440, 06449
Vehicle registrationLDK
Websitewww.ehringshausen.de

Ehringshausen is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Ehringshausen lies in the valley of the

Herborn
.

Neighbouring communities

Ehringshausen borders in the north on the community of

Sinn
(all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

Constituent communities

The community has nine centres named Breitenbach, Daubhausen, Dillheim, Dreisbach, Ehringshausen, Greifenthal, Katzenfurt, Kölschhausen and Niederlemp.

History

Ehringshausen had its first documentary mention in 802 in a donation document in the Lorsch codex. According to this document, Inric gave the Lorsch Monastery a fortified yard in the Barcdorfer Mark in the Lahngau. Barcdorf lay near today's Ehringshausen on the Dill's right bank. Whether it can be regarded as Ehringshausen's direct forerunner is, however, unclear.

The oldest centre in the community is, however, not the namesake centre, but rather Breitenbach, which had its first documentary mention in 778.

Politics

Ehringshausen was a stronghold of the extreme rightwing and nationalist National Democratic Party of Germany. For several decades, they have been represented on municipal council, even after the 2001 elections when their share of the vote fell from about 22% to 7.1%. In the 2006 municipal elections, they suffered a further setback when their share fell to only 4.9%. This still translated into two council seats.

Municipal council

The municipal elections on 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Parteien und Wählergemeinschaften %
2011 		Sitze
2011 		%
2006 		Sitze
2006
SPD
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
 37,7 12 35,4 11
CDU
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
 35,1 11 36,4 11
FWG Freie Wählergemeinschaft e.V. Ehringshausen 22,8 7 23,3 7
GRÜNE
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
 4,4 1 – –
NPD
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands
 – – 4,9 2
gesamt 100,0 31 100,0 31
Wahlbeteiligung in % 43,0 45,1

Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.

Coat of arms

The two charges in the shield of Ehringshausen's civic

iron mining.[1]

Partnerships

Ehringshausen maintains partnerships with the following places:

Transport

Through Ehringshausen run

railway line, with its Katzenfurt and Ehringshausen (Kr Wetzlar) stations. These are served hourly on workdays, and two-hourly Sundays and holidays by DB Regio Regionalbahn services between Dillenburg
and Gießen.

Personalities

References

  1. Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt
    . 5 September 2022.
  2. Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt
    . June 2023.

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