Arnshöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality 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 municipality 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 The bus lines 481 and 959 pass through Arnshöfen. The village is located in the zone number 424 of the public transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). Right through the municipality 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.
For electricity or there's a wind farm located on the ground of Arnshöfen, Ettinghausen and Hahn am See.
References
External links Arnshöfen