title: Ehrenbach
text: # Ehrenbach
  
  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 Nassau-Idstein [de] as ruler of two Ehrenbach. In 1566, the village had twelve households (Hausgesess [de]), and in 1609 ten households.
  
  In 1971, the independent village decided, together with two other settlements, to become part of Idstein. The Stadtteil became a Ortsbezirk with elected representatives (Ortsbeirat [de], headed by the Ortsvorsteher [de], according to the Hessische Gemeindeordnung [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 timber-frame buildings [de]. 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
  * Zugmantelstraße
  * Former school
  