Ehringshausen

Ehringshausen
Coat of arms
Ehringshausen
Location of Ehringshausen within Lahn-Dill-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°36′N 08°23′E / 50.600°N 8.383°E / 50.600; 8.383Coordinates: 50°36′N 08°23′E / 50.600°N 8.383°E / 50.600; 8.383
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Mock (SPD)
Area
• Total	45.43 km2 (17.54 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	9,265
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	35630
Dialling codes	06443, 06440, 06449
Vehicle registration	LDK
Website	www.ehringshausen.de

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

Ehringshausen lies in the valley of the Dill between Wetzlar and Herborn.

Ehringshausen borders in the north on the community of Mittenaar, in the east on the town of Aßlar, in the south on the towns of Solms and Leun, and in the northwest on the community of Sinn (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

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

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.

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.

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

Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.

The two charges in the shield of Ehringshausen's civic coat of arms represent different aspects of the community's history, both dating back many centuries. The point, somewhat resembling a church steeple, stands for the local church, and the cogwheel for what was until 1956 the local industry – iron mining.[1]