Ettinghausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ettinghausen | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Ettinghausen within Westerwaldkreis district ![]() | |
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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 (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 334 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/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 |
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
In 1367, Ettinghausen had its first recorded mention, as Ittincusen.
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.
Running right through the community 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.
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