{{Infobox German location |image_photo = Deesen5.jpg |image_coa = DEU Deesen COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|30|39|N|7|42|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Deesen im Westerwaldkreis.png |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Westerwaldkreis |Verbandsgemeinde = Ransbach-Baumbach |elevation = 220 |area = 3.4 |postal_code = 56237 |area_code = 02626 |licence = WW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 009 |website = [https://www.deesen.de/ www.deesen.de] |mayor = Günter Kuhn<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019–24 |party = }} '''Deesen''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdeːzn̩}}) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
==Geography==
The municipality lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen on the edge of the Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park. The Saynbach, part of the Rhine's drainage basin, flows through the municipality. Deesen belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality.
==History== In 1218, Deesen had its first documentary mention as ''Desene'' when Burgrave Heinrich von Isenburg donated a Lichterzins<!--Translate that if you can.--> to the Rommersdorf Abbey. The village itself is a few hundred years older. In 1271, the Rommersdorf Monastery sold Hermann von Desene various goods in Deesen. In 1531 the Mant family of Limbach had an estate in Deesen. Until 1664, it was Isenburg domain, and thereafter Electorate of Trier domain until 1803 when it became part of the Duchy of Nassau. In 1866, the village passed to Prussia. The customs house and lordly<!--“Bannwirtshaus”...I couldn’t quite work this out.--> inn in Deesen's municipal area is mentioned in 1667 and 1723. The old school is under protection as a monument.
==Politics==
The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center" | || WG Bendel || '''Total''' |- align="center" | 2004 || 12 || 12 Seats |}
==Economy and infrastructure==
The A 3 with its ''Mogendorf'' interchange (AS 38) lies 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, which runs straight through the municipality.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
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