Beavers

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Biebern (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.1 km 2
Residents:	298 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55471
Area code :	06761
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 015
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 2 55469 Simmern / Hunsrück
Website :	www.biebern.de
Local Mayor :	vacant, executive: 1. Alderman Marco Schömehl
Location of the local community of Biebern in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

The two churches of Biebern from the north-west

Biebern is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Simmern-Rheinböllen community .

geography

Biebern is centrally located in the Biebertal in the Hunsrück between the federal highway 50 and the Hunsrückhöhenstraße .

history

The place is mentioned as early as 754 as Biberahu in pago Nafinsi in a deed of donation to the Fulda monastery . In the 11th century the place came into the possession of the Ravengiersburg monastery , which was abolished by Duke Georg von Simmern in 1566. Until 1673 Biebern belonged to the Palatinate partial duchy of Palatinate-Simmern , from 1673 to the Electoral Palatinate . The Simultaneum was introduced in Biebern in 1689, and around 1770 both denominations had a church on site. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . In 1939 the previous mayor's office in Ohlweiler was dissolved, and Biebern became part of the mayor's office in Simmern. Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Biebern consists of eight council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

The office of the local mayor is currently exercised in a managerial manner by the first alderman Marco Schömehl. No candidate ran in the local elections on May 26, 2019, and the local council has not yet been able to find a successor. Gunther M. Lämmermann had resigned his old office as local mayor on July 31, 2019, but declared himself ready to continue the official business until the introduction of a successor as first deputy. Lämmermann resigned from all offices on December 31, 2019. From January 1, 2020, the alderman Bruno Lauer took over the official business for a short time until the municipal council elected Marco Schömehl a new first alderman on January 14, 2020.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by silver and blue; in front a continuous black cross, behind a silver scale, above two churches. "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The black cross in silver points to the former imperial Benedictine abbey of Fulda, to which the noble Eggiolt bequeathed his share of the forest in Biebern in 754. The two churches are reminiscent of the two churches in the village, the scales of the Bieberner "Gedinge" held by the Augustinian Canons of Ravengiersburg.

Attractions

• Catholic parish church from 1770
• Reformed parish church from 1764

See also : List of cultural monuments in Biebern

Web links

Commons : Biebern  - collection of images

• Literature about beavers in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Simmern-Rheinböllen, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Heimat Aktuell - bulletin: Election of the councilors - thanks to the resigned council members. Edition 29/2019, official notices from the municipalities of Simmern and Rheinböllen. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ local mayor. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .