Niederbiel

Niederbiel City of Solms Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '27 " N , 8 ° 23' 49" E
Height :	170 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.23 km²
Residents :	2246 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	273 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1977
Postal code :	35606
Area code :	06442
	Location of Niederbiel in Solms

Niederbiel is a district of the city of Solms in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse . The Lahn is on the right . The next big city is Wetzlar .

Geographical location

The place is in the Lahn-Dill area in Central Hesse on the Lahn , shortly after the mouth of the Dill . The place is on the southeastern edge of the Westerwald . The direct neighboring town of Niederbiel is Oberbiel (upstream of the Lahn).

The district of Niederbiel extends to 821 hectares, of which 434 hectares are forested.

history

The village lies together with Oberbiel in the so-called Bieler Mark , which is mentioned for the first time in 802 as Bielle in a property register and in the Lorsch Codex . In the 14th century Niederbiel is mentioned separately. Ecclesiastically, it remained a branch of Oberbiel. In 1796 the town center was heavily devastated by troops from the French Revolution .

Territorial reform

Niederbiel had until 1 January 1977, a separate municipality in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state laws with the municipalities of Biel Hausen (with the districts Albshausen and Oberbiel) and Solms for new large village Solms together were.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Niederbiel was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

before 1806: Holy Roman Empire , Principality of Solms-Braunfels , part of the County of Solms , Amt Leun
from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Amt Braunfels
1816: Kingdom of Prussia , Rhine Province , Region of Koblenz , county Braunfels
from 1822: Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1866: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District
from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , District of Wetzlar
from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Wetzlar District
from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district
from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district
from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district of Wetzlar.
on July 1, 1977 Niederbiel was incorporated into the newly formed community of Solms.
from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district

Population development

Niederbiel: Population from 1834 to 2017
year		Residents
1834	356
1840	409
1846	465
1852	519
1858	558
1864	590
1871	660
1875	634
1885	712
1895	700
1905	690
1910	717
1925	750
1939	771
1946	1,037
1950	1,084
1956	1,088
1961	1,119
1967	1,224
1970	1,378
1976	1,800
1987	2,065
2010	2,299
2013	2,246
2015	2,740
2017	2,733
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: (2010, 2015, 2017 with secondary residences)

Religious affiliation

Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1834:	339 Protestant, 10 Catholic, 9 Jewish residents
• 1961:	916 Protestant (= 81.86%), 192 Catholic (= 17.16%) residents

Cultural monuments

Protestant church

Economy and Infrastructure

Niederbiel is on federal highway 49 . The L3020 (in Niederbiel as Oberbieler Straße) leads to the southern outskirts . The next train station is in Burgsolms on the Lahntalbahn .

The road maintenance department responsible for Solms is located in Niederbiel . The place has a primary school , kindergarten , an urban youth room and a volunteer fire brigade .

Web links

Districts. In: Internet presence. City of Solms; accessed in August 2018
Niederbiel, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature on Niederbiel in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Niederbiel, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ ^a ^b The city districts on the website of the city of Solms , accessed in August 2016.
↑ Local information at the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen
↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Budget 2012, preliminary report. (PDF; 629 kB) City of Solms, p. 38 , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .
↑ Districts. In: Internet presence. City of Solms, accessed February 2019 .
↑ 2017 budget, preliminary report. (PDF; 629 kB) City of Solms, p. 45 , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .
↑ Budget 2019, preliminary report, statistical information. (PDF; 8.7 MB) City of Solms, p. 78 of the pdf-doc , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .

[lagis-1] Niederbiel, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] The city districts on the website of the city of Solms , accessed in August 2016.

[3] Local information at the State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen

[4] Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[5] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[EW2010-6] Budget 2012, preliminary report. (PDF; 629 kB) City of Solms, p. 38 , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .

[EW2013-7] Districts. In: Internet presence. City of Solms, accessed February 2019 .

[EW2015-8] 2017 budget, preliminary report. (PDF; 629 kB) City of Solms, p. 45 , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .

[EW2017-9] Budget 2019, preliminary report, statistical information. (PDF; 8.7 MB) City of Solms, p. 78 of the pdf-doc , archived from the original ; accessed on June 19, 2018 .