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Coordinates: 50°02′04″N 07°48′28″E / 50.03444°N 7.80778°E / 50.03444; 7.80778
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Niederheimbach
Municipality
Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and Heimburg
Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and Heimburg
Coat of arms of Niederheimbach
Coat of arms
Location of Niederheimbach within Mainz-Bingen district
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Niederheimbach is located in Germany
Niederheimbach
Niederheimbach
Niederheimbach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Niederheimbach
Niederheimbach
Coordinates: 50°02′04″N 07°48′28″E / 50.03444°N 7.80778°E / 50.03444; 7.80778
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Rhein-Nahe
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ole Wysotzki[1]
Area
 • Total
7.38 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation
618 m (2,028 ft)
Lowest elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
817
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55413
Dialling codes06743
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.niederheimbach.com

Niederheimbach (German: [ˌniːdɐˈhaɪmbax] ⓘ) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Niederheimbach has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Geography

Location

Niederheimbach lies between Koblenz and Bingen, right on the Rhine Gorge, only a short way northwest of the Rhine Knee. The place, which is found beneath or east of Bingen Forest (Binger Wald), has a built-up area stretching from 80 to 140 m above sea level. The highest mountain in the municipal area, at 618 m above sea level, is the heavily wooded Franzosenkopf (“Frenchman’s Head”), found south of the built-up area in Bingen Forest.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

SPD CDU FWG WNF Total
2004 2 3 5 2 12 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend sinister wavy, a bendlet sinister wavy argent surmounting the partition, gules in dexter an abbot’s staff per bend surmounted by a bishop’s mitre, in chief a wheel spoked of six of the first, sable in sinister a bunch of grapes per bend slipped and a grapeleaf in bend sinister Or and issuant from base a lion rampant of the fourth armed, langued and crowned of the second.

Culture and sightseeing

Sooneck Castle

Buildings

  • Sooneck Castle Burg Sooneck, (also called Saneck or Sonneck) stands on a steep slope in the Soonwald (forest) above the municipality. It can be visited on guided tours.
  • Another castle, Heimburg, (also called Burg Hoheneck) lies above the municipality. It is privately owned today and cannot be visited.
  • Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary, Niederheimbach.

Regular events

Until its closure in the 1990s, the Märchenhain (“Fairytale Grove”) was a tourist attraction. A great number of the fairytale figures were nonetheless restored and have found a new place along an idyllic pathway near the community. There one can see many fairytales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and others along the Kuhweg (“Cow Way”).

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Documents

References

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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