Niedert

Niedert

Coat of arms
Niedert
Location of Niedert within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°7′40″N 7°32′38″E / 50.12778°N 7.54389°E / 50.12778; 7.54389Coordinates: 50°7′40″N 7°32′38″E / 50.12778°N 7.54389°E / 50.12778; 7.54389
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Emmelshausen
Government
 • Mayor Rainer Martin
Area
 • Total 2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi)
Elevation 415 m (1,362 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 121
 • Density 55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56291
Dialling codes 06746
Vehicle registration SIM

Niedert is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Emmelshausen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück 3 km south of Emmelshausen and 9 km southwest of the Rhine at Hirzenach. Niedert lies right on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders).

History

Niedert belonged to the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen. Beginning in 1794, Niedert lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

Niedert’s mayor is Rainer Martin.[3]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Von Gold über Silber geteilt durch einen schräglinken blauen Wellenbalken, oben ein blau bewehrter und gezungter roter Löwe, unten eine schwarze Postkutsche.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: A bend sinister wavy azure between Or a lion passant gules armed and langued of the first, and argent a stagecoach sable.

The lion refers to the village’s former allegiance to the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen, while the other charge refers to the coaching inn that was formerly located in Niedert. The “bend sinister wavy” (slanted stripe) symbolizes the Baybach, a brook which on one side of the municipality marks the municipal limit, and which once also marked the boundary between two territories.[4]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]

  • Hauptstraße 22 – estate complex; slated timber-frame building, stable/barn, 19th century; whole complex of buildings

Economy and infrastructure

Education

In Niedert, a forest kindergarten was founded in 2000; it is based in Emmelshausen-Liesenfeld.

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Municipal election results for Niedert
  3. ↑ Niedert’s mayor
  4. ↑ Description and explanation of Niedert’s arms
  5. ↑ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district


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