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Ettinghausen, Germany

Ettinghausen
Coat of arms of Ettinghausen
Coat of arms
Ettinghausen  is located in Germany
Ettinghausen
Ettinghausen
Coordinates: 50°31′02″N 7°52′24″E / 50.51722°N 7.87333°E / 50.51722; 7.87333Coordinates: 50°31′02″N 7°52′24″E / 50.51722°N 7.87333°E / 50.51722; 7.87333
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Government
 • Mayor Horst Zerfas
Area
 • Total 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation 401 m (1,316 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 319
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56244
Dialling codes 06435
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.wallmerod.de

Ettinghausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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 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 (CologneFrankfurt), 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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