Görgeshausen

Görgeshausen
Coat of arms
Görgeshausen
Location of Görgeshausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°24′39″N 7°57′22″E / 50.41083°N 7.95611°E / 50.41083; 7.95611Coordinates: 50°24′39″N 7°57′22″E / 50.41083°N 7.95611°E / 50.41083; 7.95611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor	Theodor Burkard
Area
• Total	3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation	283 m (928 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	826
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	06485
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

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

The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park, and borders on Hesse. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

In 1290, Görgeshausen had its first documentary mention as Gerinzhausen.

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

The middle part of the community’s arms symbolizes the so-called Löwenstein (“Lion’s Stone”), a border stone that once marked the boundary between Görgeshausen, which was then held by the Electorate of Trier, and the area belonging then to Nassau-Diez. The two linden twigs refer to the linden tree that formerly stood on the church hill in the middle of the village.

There is a sport club called Grün Weiß Görgeshausen. The name means “Green White”.

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) about a kilometre away.