{{Infobox German location |image_photo = |image_coa =DEU Enspel COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|37|05|N|7|53|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Enspel im Westerwaldkreis.png |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Westerwaldkreis |Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg |elevation = 390 |area = 1.46 |postal_code = 57647 |area_code = 02661 |licence = WW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 219 |website = [https://www.enspel.de/ www.enspel.de] |mayor = Dieter Wisser<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 }} '''Enspel''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
==Geography==
Enspel lies 10 km northwest of Westerburg on a bank on the west slope of the Stöffel, a basalt mountain. The municipality's structure is based on the nearby basalt quarries which were worked beginning about 1900. Worth seeing are the mighty crevices and outcrops in the Stöffel. Since 1972 Enspel has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
==History== In 1261, Enspel had its first documentary mention. In the 20th century, the famous ''Stöffelmaus'' was found. This was a fossil of a now extinct gliding rodent, ''Eomys quercyi''.
==Politics==
The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
==Economy and infrastructure==
===Transport=== thumb|right|Enspel train stop South of the municipality runs ''Bundesstraße'' 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is ''Montabaur'' on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). Enspel lies on the ''Oberwesterwaldbahn'' (railway) to Limburg and Au (Sieg). From there, the cities of Cologne, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden may be reached directly. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
===Public institutions=== *Fire brigade *"Stöffelhalle" village association house *"Am Stöffel" Guesthouse – self-catering *Blockhütte (cabin<!--Is that right?-->) *Jugendraum (“Youth Room”) *Football area *Two playgrounds *Entrance to Stöffel-Park
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.enspel.de/ Enspel] {{in lang|de}}
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