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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	210 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.81 km 2
Residents:	330 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66887
Area code :	06387
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 067
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	Niederalben.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Rihlmann
Location of the local community Niederalben in the district of Kusel

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Niederalben is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

The place is in the Steinalb valley in the western Palatinate . 72.7% of the district area is forested. In the southeast there is St. Julian , in the south Rathsweiler and northwest which is military training area Baumholder .

history

In 1816 the place came to the Principality of Lichtenberg , a newly created exclave of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and from 1826 of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . With this he fell to Prussia in 1834 , which created the district of Sankt Wendel from this area . After the main part was separated from the newly created Saar area , the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder was created in 1920 , to which the place belonged until 1937, when it was incorporated into the Birkenfeld district. In 1969 it was reclassified to the Kusel district.

Due to the Rhineland-Palatinate "State law on the dissolution of the Baumholder manor and its local reorganization" of November 2, 1993 (GVBl, p. 518), a partial demarcation of the Baumholder manor that had previously belonged to the Birkenfeld district was replaced on 1 January 1994 reclassified to the local community Niederalben.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Michael Rihlmann became mayor of Niederalben in July 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 67.05% of the vote.

Rihlmann's predecessor, Andreas Hübsch, had held the office since 2003 and did not take up again in 2019.

coat of arms

The front half of the shield refers to the former wild counts as local lords. The rear half of the shield shows the protected " cow bell ". A three mountain stands for the surrounding hill country.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the southwest is the A 62 . In Altenglan there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .

Honorary citizen

• Ernst Schworm (1930–2016), appointed 2005

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Niederalben

literature

• Literature about lower albums in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Niederalben  - collection of images

• Niederalben.de - Uwe Braun's private website
• Local community Niederalben on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• Lower albums at regionalgeschichte.net

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
3. ^ Susanne Cahn: Niederalben: Local council also has a woman and a British citizen. Die Rheinpfalz, July 3, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 23rd line of results. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Susanne Cahn: Niederalben: Former local mayor Andreas Hübsch officially adopted. Die Rheinpfalz, January 24, 2020, accessed on May 14, 2020 .