Eitelborn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

'' – in the

Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free ...

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

Höhr-Grenzhausen Höhr-Grenzhausen () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the ...

, Montabaur and

Bad Ems Bad Ems () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (administrative community) Bad E ...

History

In 1377, Eitelborn had its first documentary mention. The founder was a soldier from

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named ''Udilo''. Named after him is the ''Udilo Park'' lying on the heights at the edge of the forest. In 1967, this small community in the Augst – a very small region in the Westerwald – was chosen as the prettiest village in the contest ''Unser Dorf soll schöner werden'' (“Our village should become lovelier”).

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 21 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Coat of arms

The community's

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bear three red lilies stemming from the arms borne by the Lords of Helfenstein, who built the

Sporkenburg The Sporkenburg is a late medieval castle ruin about one kilometre south of Eitelborn in the district of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The ruins of the spur castle lie within the parish of the village of ...

castle. The golden castle outer wall shows the building as it is today. The fountain is a stylized image of one that has been at the old Town Hall Square (''Rathausplatz'') since 1950.

Geography

History

Politics

Coat of arms

Culture and sightseeing

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