Metzenhausen

Metzenhausen
Coat of arms
Metzenhausen
Location of Metzenhausen within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°58′17″N 7°21′44″E / 49.97139°N 7.36222°E / 49.97139; 7.36222Coordinates: 49°58′17″N 7°21′44″E / 49.97139°N 7.36222°E / 49.97139; 7.36222
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Werner Nick
Area
• Total	3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation	425 m (1,394 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	111
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55481
Dialling codes	06763
Vehicle registration	SIM

Metzenhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück roughly 4 km northwest of Kirchberg and 7 km northeast of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The municipal area measures 309 ha, of which 121 ha is wooded.

The village got its name from a noble family. It was in 1278 that Conrad von Mentzenhusin (Metzenhausen) was mentioned. The best known representative of this Metzenhausen noble family, that lived in the village for just under 500 years, was Johann III of Metzenhausen, who from 1531 to 1540 was Archbishop of Trier. In 1317, Metzenhausen was raised to quasi-parish by Count Emich von Sponheim, who was also the pastor at Kirchberg. He equipped the chapel with properties at Todenroth and Lampenrode (a now vanished village). Beginning in 1794, Metzenhausen lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.