Arnshöfen

Arnshöfen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Arnshöfen within Westerwaldkreis district
Arnshöfen Arnshöfen
Coordinates: 50°32′26″N 7°52′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Heribert Metternich
Area
• Total	2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Elevation	412 m (1,352 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	173
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02666
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.arnshoefen.de

Arnshöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg, right near the Westerwald Lake Plateau.

Constituent communities

Arnshöfen's Ortsteile are Arnshöfen, Etzelbach and Niederdorf.

History

In 1525, Arnshöfen 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 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 8, which links Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Limburg an der Lahn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on Bundesautobahn 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt am Main), some 15 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Arnshöfen (in German)