Niederduerenbach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '  N , 7 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Brohl valley
Height :	312 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.82 km 2
Residents:	953 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	140 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56651
Area code :	02636
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 054
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Kapellenstrasse 12 56651 Niederzissen
Website :	brohltal-verwaltung.de
Local Mayor :	Sebastian Schmitt
Location of the local community Niederdürenbach in the district of Ahrweiler

Rodder Maar near Niederduerenbach

Rodder Maar, aerial photo (2016)

Niederduerenbach in the Eifel is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Brohltal community , which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen .

geography

The community is located in the eastern Eifel region in the conservation area "Rhein-Ahr-Eifel". It is divided into the main town Niederdürenbach and the districtsGrove and Wooden meadows. To Niederduerenbach includes the most Brohlbach lying residential space Lochmühle.

history

Niederdürenbach belonged to the kingdom of Olbrück until the end of the 18th century .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under the French administration, Niederduerenbach belonged to the Mairie Königsfeld in the canton of Wehr , which was assigned to the Arrondissement of Bonn and the Rhine-Moselle department . After the treaties concluded at the Congress of Vienna , the region, including Niederdürenbach, became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, Niederdürenbach belonged to the mayor's office of Königsfeld in the Ahrweiler district from 1816 , which was part of the Coblenz administrative district and from 1822 to the Rhine province .

The municipality has belonged to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 and to the Brohlal community since 1969 .

On January 1, 1979, the Rodder district with 121 inhabitants was re-municipalityed to Niederzissen .

Population development

The development of the population of Niederdürenbach in relation to today's municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 407 1835 465 1871 423 1905 421 1939 559 1950 622 1961 701

year Residents 1970 792 1987 892 1997 973 2005 1.009 2011 987 2017 946

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Niederdürenbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Until 2009, the municipal council had 16 council members.

mayor

Sebastian Schmitt became the local mayor of Niederdürenbach on August 12, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 89.98% of the vote.

Schmitt's predecessor as local mayor, August Henn, had held the office for 15 years, but did not take up office again in 2019.

Attractions

The blessing stones made of phonolite tuff are worth seeing (see Segenstein Niederdürenbach ), the St. Wendelinus Chapel in Hain from 1730, the Sauerbrunnen at the fire station and the Olbrück Castle , built around 1050.

About a kilometer north of the village is the Rodder Maar , a shallow lake whose volcanic origin has not yet been proven.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Niederdürenbach

Olbrück Castle

Personalities

• The Finnish-German artist couple Goller-Masalin lived in the Holzwiesen district until early 2013. A group of sculptures from their international art project Kansa for peace , human rights and environmental awareness is in the local community of Brohltalstraße / Rodderweg.

Web links

Commons : Niederdürenbach  - Collection of images

• Local community Niederdürenbach on the website of the Brohltal community
• Literature about Niederdürenbach 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 9 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 184 (PDF; 2.8 MB; footnote 54).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ Constituent meeting of the Niederdürenbach municipal council. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Verbandsgemeindeverwaltung Brohltal, August 12, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Brohltal, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved August 4, 2020 . 
8. ^ A young councilor for Niederdürenbach. In: localbook.de, from: Olbrück Rundschau 34 / 2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, August 21, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
9. ^ Wilhelm Meyer: The geology. ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Unclear origin of the Rodder Maar)
10. ↑ The Kansa Project. ( Memento from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )