The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Culture and sightseeing
Elsoff has listed cultural sites.[3] The listing is divided into Elsoff and Mittelhofen, as they were previously independent municipalities.
Elsoff (Westerwald)
Catholic parish church St. Peter and Paul in Kirchstrasse 19. A late historism basalt quarry stone hall with three naves, occupied in 1911. The church has a medieval tower and a grave cross (probably built in 1684), on pillars from the year 1779. Additionally a war memorial was established during 1914/18.
A wayside shrine probably built in the 19th century, southeast of the village, on the road to Mengerskirchen.
A Stations of the Cross, established in 1898, between two gates with a high cross built in 1990. Graveside settlements from the 20th century are situated there too.
Elsoff (Westerwald) – Mittelhofen
A catholic branch church with a simple hall construction from 1788.
A Half-timbered house, partly solid construction from the 18th century, still inhabited, with a cast iron fountain built in the 19th century at the Brunnenstrasse 11.
Wayside shrine probably built in the 19th century north of the village, along a country lane.
The Hof Krempel, a former manor with stately buildings around rectangular courtyard and partly half-timbered barn from the 18th century. The residential building and stable have a solid construction made in the 19th century.