Biebrich (at Katzenelnbogen)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.45 km 2
Residents:	317 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	92 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56370
Area code :	06486
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 013
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 ; 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.vg-aar-einrich.de
Local Mayor :	Jürgen Christoph Hamdorf-Merk
Location of the local community of Biebrich in the Rhein-Lahn district

Biebrich is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

Biebrich is located in the western Hintertaunus north of Katzenelnbogen in Einrich .

history

A castle head near the village was probably built in Celtic times. Biebrich has belonged to the Count of Westerburg since it was enfeoffed by Emperor Ludwig IV and was later part of the Schaumburg rule . Since 1806 the place belonged to the Duchy of Nassau , from 1866 to Prussia .

Biebrich has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 . In 1972, in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate “functional and territorial reform”, the community of Katzenelnbogen was formed, to which the local community of Biebrich belonged until 2019 and which was then merged into the community of Aar-Einrich.

Population development

The development of the population of Biebrich, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	185
1835	225
1871	301
1905	353
1939	336
1950	340

year	Residents
1961	351
1970	350
1987	342
1997	352
2005	377
2019	317

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Biebrich 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

Jürgen Christoph Hamdorf-Merk is the local mayor of Biebrich. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 75.82% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In black, a silver two-handled bulbous urn with attached conical foot and cross-cut lid."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms comes from a municipal seal from 1843. A similar seal is proven as early as 1806. It was probably created after the transition from the town of Schaumburg to Nassau, whereby the urn appears to be a place symbol.