Ehrenbach
{{Infobox German location
| type = Ortsteil
| Town = Idstein
| name = Ehrenbach
| image_coa =
| coordinates = {{coord|50|12|0|N|8|13|18|E|display=it}}
| state = Hesse
| region = Darmstadt
| district = Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
| elevation = 349
| area =
| population = 300
| population_as_of = 2021-12-31
}}
Ehrenbach is a village, first mentioned in 1371, that became in 1971 part of Idstein, Hesse, Germany.
Location
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.
History
Ehrenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1371, as Ernbach. A 1475 document (Weistum) of the Auroffer Grund named {{ill|Nassau-Idstein|de}} as ruler of two Ehrenbach. In 1566, the village had twelve households ({{ill|Hausgesess|de}}), and in 1609 ten households.
In 1971, the independent village decided, together with two other settlements, to become part of Idstein.{{cite web |url=https://starweb.hessen.de/cache/STANZ/1971/00028.pdf#page=5 |publisher=Der Hessische Minister des Inneren |title=Gemeindegebietsreform in Hessen: Zusammenschlüsse und Eingliederungen von Gemeinden |date=21 June 1971 |page=5 |language=de}} The Stadtteil became a Ortsbezirk with elected representatives ({{ill|Ortsbeirat|de}}, headed by the {{ill|Ortsvorsteher|de}}, according to the {{ill|Hessische Gemeindeordnung|de}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.idstein.de/_obj/E1107EC3-3BA8-4F6C-8749-3481771242F6/inline/100-Hauptsatzung.pdf#page=3 |title=Hauptsatzung |publisher=Idstein |access-date=1 February 2019 |language=de}} 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.
Buildings
Ehrenbach features many {{ill|List of cultural heritage buildings in Idstein|de|Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Idstein#Ehrenbach|lt=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.
Türmchen, Ehrenbach, November.jpg|Türmchen
Ehrenbach, Zugmantelstraße 19 aufwärts.JPG|Zugmantelstraße
Ehrenbach, Alte Schule.JPG|Former school
References
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| refs =
{{LAGIS|ref=nein|DB=OL|ID=439008020|titel=Ehrenbach, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis| datum=2018-10-16}}
{{cite web |url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/AO_VZ_2011_4_a.pdf#page=48 |pages=44, 98 |title=Ausgewählte Daten über Bevölkerung und Haushalte am 9. Mai 2011 in den hessischen Gemeinden und Gemeindeteilen |work=2011 German census |publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt |access-date=31 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711150906/https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/AO_VZ_2011_4_a.pdf#page=48 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |language=de}}
}}
External links
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- [http://cbsopac.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/DB=2.4/REL?PPN=116332468 Literatur Ehrenbach] (in German) cbsopac.rz.uni-frankfurt.de
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