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