Image Coa: | DEU Giesenhausen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.7036°N 7.7231°W |
Image Plan: | Giesenhausen im Westerwaldkreis.png |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Westerwaldkreis |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Hachenburg |
Elevation: | 300 |
Area: | 4.88 |
Postal Code: | 57612 |
Area Code: | 02688 |
Licence: | WW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 225 |
Website: | giesenhausen.de |
Mayor: | Michael Meier[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Giesenhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the edge of the Kroppach Switzerland. The agriculturally oriented residential community of Giesenhausen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In 1311, Giesenhausen had its first documentary mention.
The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election in May 2014.
The Maifest (“May Festival”), held yearly on 30 April at the grill lodge and organized by the Maijugend (“May Youth”) is a highlight in community life.
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund - Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.