Ehrenbach | |
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Coordinates: 50°12′0″N 8°13′18″E / 50.20000°N 8.22167°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis |
Town | Idstein |
Elevation | 349 m (1,145 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)
[1] | |
• Total | 300 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Ehrenbach is a village, first mentioned in 1371, that became in 1971 part of Idstein, Hesse, Germany.
It is located southwest of Idstein in the Ehrenbach valley. The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes borders it in the south. The highest point is the Scheid mountain (472 m high=, in the north-west. The district road ( Kreisstraße) K 707 connects Ehrenbach with the B 417 in the south-west and Idstein and the Bundesautobahn 3 in the north-east.
Ehrenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1371, as Ernbach. [2] A 1475 document ( Weistum) of the Auroffer Grund named Nassau-Idstein as ruler of two Ehrenbach. In 1566, the village had twelve households ( Hausgesess ), and in 1609 ten households. [2]
In 1971, the independent village decided, together with two other settlements, to become part of Idstein. [3] The Stadtteil became a Ortsbezirk with elected representatives ( Ortsbeirat , headed by the Ortsvorsteher , according to the Hessische Gemeindeordnung . [4] Since 1977, Idstein has been part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. In 2011, the 2011 German census counted 291 inhabitants, 24 of them foreigners (8,2 %), living in 132 households. [5] [6]
Ehrenbach features many timber-frame buildings . The Türmchen, serving as a Protestant church, was restored in 2020. A reconstructed Roman watch tower is part of the Kastell Zugmantel complex of the Limes World Heritage Site.