Görgeshausen
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Location of Görgeshausen within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°24′39″N 7°57′22″E / 50.41083°N 7.95611°E / 50.41083; 7.95611 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Jürgen Kindler[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 283 m (928 ft) |
| Population
(2022-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 927 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes |
56412
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| Dialling codes | 06485 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.vg-montabaur.de |
Görgeshausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the WesterwaldkreisinRhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park, and borders on Hesse. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.
In 1290, Görgeshausen had its first documentary mention as Gerinzhausen.
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
The middle part of the community's arms symbolizes the so-called Löwenstein (“Lion’s Stone”), a border stone that once marked the boundary between Görgeshausen, which was then held by the Electorate of Trier, and the area belonging then to Nassau-Diez. The two linden twigs refer to the linden tree that formerly stood on the church hill in the middle of the village.
There is a sport club called Grün Weiß Görgeshausen. The name means “Green White”.
The nearest Autobahn interchangeisDiez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) about a kilometre away.
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