Bretthausen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen = Wappen von Bretthausen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 40 |lat_sec = 18
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 04 |lon_sec = 34
Lageplan = Bretthausen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 575
Fläche = 3.39
Einwohner = 208
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56479
Vorwahl = 02667
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 214
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/bretthausen/index.phtml Ortsgemeinde Bretthausen]
Bürgermeister = Peter Bockius

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Bretthausen belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

History

About 1300, Bretthausen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms are in the tinctures blue, red, gold and silver, which refer to the community’s territorial allegiances over the ages. The three golden ears of grain symbolize agriculture’s importance. The two flax blossoms refer to the linen industry. The wavy fess stands for the river Große Nister. The belltower stands for the school built in the community in 1910.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right near the community, "Bundesstraßen" 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Siegen, and 414 from Hohenroth to Hachenburg, cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Herborn" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/bretthausen/index.phtml Bretthausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon