Neuhäusel

This article is about the place in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the place in Slovakia, see Nové Zámky.

Neuhäusel
Coat of arms of Neuhäusel Coat of arms
Neuhäusel
Location of Neuhäusel within Westerwaldkreis district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor	Fritz Roggenbach
Area
• Total	1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	2,016
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56335
Dialling codes	02620
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Neuhäusel is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community has been since early 2006 a major investment and activity centre for village renewal.

Geography

Location

Neuhäusel lies in the area of the Augst communities (a small region) and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. Environmentally, Neuhäusel is part of the Lower Westerwald in the Nassau Nature Park.

History

Musbach, which had its first documentary mention in 1198 as Neuhäusel’s forerunner, was a small village that lay near where today’s Ortsgemeinde lies. It was followed by Neuspay, which had its last documentary mention in 1537, and Wirt beym Creutz, named in 1669. In 1675, the name Neuhäusel appeared for the first time. The community, which in 1789 was joined with the community of Eitelborn, became a separate community on 5 April 1810. Owing to its location on the important traffic link between the Rhine and the Westerwald, Neuhäusel developed over the centuries from a rest stop for travelling people to a community with the character of a centre.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

• CDU 7 seats
• SPD 2 seats
• UBG 3 seats
• FWV 4 seats

Coat of arms

Trade, transport and the community on both sides of the road are represented in the community’s arms by the two half wagon wheels and the silver field in the middle. The old St. Anna-Kirche (church) built in 1877 is shown as a red steeple with a west portal. Saint Donatus is symbolized by a blue sword with a golden grip. The green double flank represents the community’s charming location.

Town partnerships

Sauvigny-les-Bois, Nièvre, France, since 1992

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community is linked to the road network through Bundesstraße 49 (Montabaur-Koblenz).

Fire services

The Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur maintains three fire stations within its limits, one of which is in Neuhäusel. Its response area includes not only Neuhäusel, but also the municipal areas of Eitelborn, Kadenbach and Simmern.

External links

• Neuhäusel in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)