Sessenhausen

Sessenhausen
Coat of arms of Sessenhausen Coat of arms
Sessenhausen
Location of Sessenhausen within Westerwaldkreis district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Werner Eiser
Area
• Total	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	919
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02626
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.selters-ww.de

Sessenhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The rural residential community of Sessenhausen lies 4 km west of Selters. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1227, Sessenhausen had its first documentary mention as Sasinhusin. In 1758 it was mentioned as Sassenhusen, and then later as Sachsenhausen and Sassenhausen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 413, leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Sessenhausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)