Ettinghausen, Germany
Ettinghausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. GeographyThe community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. HistoryIn 1367, Ettinghausen had its first recorded mention, as Ittincusen. PoliticsThe municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. Economy and infrastructureRunning right through the community is Bundesstraße 255 linking Montabaur and Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 10 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. References
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