Ruppach-Goldhausen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Ruppach-Goldhausen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Montabaur
Höhe = 270
Fläche = 4.41
Einwohner = 1154
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56412
Vorwahl = 02602
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 065
Adresse-Verband = Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website = [http://www.vg-montabaur.de/haupt/gemeinden/inhalt/gemeinde_ruppach_goldhausen www.vg-montabaur.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerold Sprenger
Partei =

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald north of Montabaur on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. Through the community flows the Ahrbach. The community belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1289, Goldhausen had its first documentary mention as "Golthusen".

Amalgamations

The two communities of Ruppach and Goldhausen merged in 1969 in the course of administrative reform.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

The upper part of the community’s arms represent the union of the coats of arms borne by the Lords of Reifenberg and the nobles of Nassau-Spurkenburg. Serving as the model for the arms’ design was the former court seal of Ruppach from 1596. The step-shaped lower part of the arms symbolizes clay quarrying and the wavy fess stands for the Ahrbach.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 3 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.

External links

* [http://www.vg-montabaur.de/haupt/gemeinden/inhalt/gemeinde_ruppach_goldhausen Ruppach-Goldhausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon