Arnshöfen

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Arnshöfen within Westerwaldkreis district

(2019–24) Michaela Hehl^[1]Area

• Total2.94 km² (1.14 sq mi)Elevation

412 m (1,352 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total173 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

56244

Dialling codes02666Vehicle registrationWWWebsitewww.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

The municipal 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

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.

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.