Irmtraut
Irmtraut | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Irmtraut within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alfons Giebeler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 804 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56479 |
| Dialling codes | 06436 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.irmtraut.de |
Irmtraut 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 at the boundary with Hesse. Irmtraut belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 879, Irmtraut had its first documentary mention when Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau donated holdings here to the St. Severus Monastery in Gemünden.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 14 council members, who all belong to the Wählergemeinschaft ("Voters' Community"), and who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Limburg-Nord on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Other
“Irmtraut” is also a woman’s name in German.
"It means Friend of the Valkryes. The name lives on in america, it became ermantraut then Armentrout. -Daryl Armentrout"
On August 27, 1739, Anne Elizabeth Hain Irmtraut and her sons arrived in America aboard ship Samuel in the Dutch harbor. The quickly made there way to Wernersville PA, then after some years moved to The Shennendoah Valley in Virginia. Today, many Armentrouts live near Harrisonburg, owning great stretches of farmland. A road called Armentrout Way stretches about 5 miles and is home to Armentrout Farms, ran by Kevin Mark "Babe" Armentrout. On this road a cemetery can be found which holds the graves of early American Armentrouts, and nearby are 2 other churches, one of which is home to the grave of Anne Elizabeth, though is sits in ruins next to, and under, Brown Memorial Church. Trinty Church sits next to a graveyard with many Armentrout buried within, and is well taken care of.
The Armentrout name has various spellings: "Armentrout", "Armentraut", "Irmentraut", "Irmentraudt", "Irmtraudt" Armontrout", "Armintrout". Today, the descendants of the Irmtraut name can be found all over much of the midwest and the south. - Allan Armentrout
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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