Niederhosenbach
Niederhosenbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Niederhosenbach within Birkenfeld district  | |
  Niederhosenbach  Niederhosenbach | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′43″N 7°22′51″E / 49.79528°N 7.38083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein-Rhaunen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Markus Schnurr[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 294 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55758 |
| Dialling codes | 06785 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
Niederhosenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
Geography[edit]
Location[edit]
The municipality lies north of the river Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein. The municipal area is 43.4% wooded.
Neighbouring municipalities[edit]
Niederhosenbach's neighbours are Herrstein, Breitenthal, Wickenrodt, Sonnschied, Griebelschied and Bergen.
Constituent communities[edit]
Also belonging to Niederhosenbach are the outlying homesteads of “Auf dem Büchelchen”, “Heupenmühle” and “Zwischen den Seen”.[3]
History[edit]
Vanished village[edit]
South of Niederhosenbach, on the Hosenbach's left bank before the “Allholz” woods and opposite the Etzelberg (mountain) once stood a village named Hitzelhosenbach. A plaque at the site recalls the now long-vanished village. Standing at the spot where the road from Niederhosenbach to Fischbach crosses the brook was the Etzelberger Mühle (mill), which burnt down in 1913.[4]
Politics[edit]
Municipal council[edit]
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[5]
Mayor[edit]
Niederhosenbach's mayor is Markus Schnurr.[1]
Coat of arms[edit]
The German blazon reads: In schräglinks geteiltem Schild vorne in Silber über blauem Wellenschrägbalken die blauen Buchstaben N und H, hinten rot-silbernes Schach, belegt mit einem schwarzen Dreiberg.
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per bend sinister argent a bend wavy abased above which the letters N and H in bend, and chequy gules and argent issuant from base a mount of three sable.
The letters N and H on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refer to the municipality's name, as does the wavy bend (slanted stripe; the ending —bach means “brook” in German), while the “chequy” field on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the County of Sponheim, and the mount of three – a charge called a Dreiberg in German heraldry – stands for the Amt within the County of Sponheim in which Niederhosenbach lay, namely Herrstein (whose name literally means “Lordstone”). Niederhosenbach even today lies in a Verbandsgemeinde of that same name.[6]
Culture and sightseeing[edit]
Buildings[edit]
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[7]
- Evangelical church, Kirchstraße 5 – Late Gothic quire, marked 1518; Gothic Revival nave, 1842-1844; essentially mediaeval tower (Romanesque?), belfry 1842; Stumm organ, 1896; bell, 1894 by Jakob Pfeiffer, Kaiserslautern
- Fischbachstraße 1 – house, Renaissance Revival, 1880s
- Hauptstraße 39 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), partly timber-frame (plastered), Baroque dwelling section marked 1786
- Talstraße 9 – scattered estate; house from earlier half of the 19th century, bakehouse, stables
- Bridge, east of the village – one-arch quarrystone bridge over a tributary to the Hosenbach
Economy and infrastructure[edit]
Transport[edit]
Running southeast of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41. Serving nearby Fischbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
References[edit]
- ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Seite 20 (PDF)
- ^ "Hitzelhosenbach". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ "Description and explanation of Niederhosenbach's arms". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Birkenfeld district
External links[edit]
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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