Niederems

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Niederems
municipality Waldems
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Niederems
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 46 ″  E
Height : 304 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.82 km²
Residents : 762  (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 131 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : August 1, 1972
Postal code : 65529
Area code : 06087

Niederems is a district of the municipality of Waldems in the Rheingau-Taunus district in southern Hesse . The hamlet of Reinborn belongs to this district .

geography

The place is located in the eastern Hintertaunus of the Rhine-Taunus Nature Park . The federal highway 275 runs through the village .

history

The place is first mentioned in a document in 1274. The ring wall "Burg" in the northeast suggests an early medieval settlement in the area.

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Niederems was merged by law on August 1, 1972 with five neighboring municipalities from the Untertaunus district and the district of Usingen to form the new municipality of Waldems. As for every district, the main statute established a local district with a local advisory council and local councilor for Niederems .

Cultural monuments

For the listed cultural monuments of the place see the list of cultural monuments in Niederems .

The baroque church at the Reinborn cemetery and the 1100-year-old linden tree , which has been placed under monument protection, are worth seeing . There is a barrow near the linden tree .

Web links

Commons : Niederems  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Niederems, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 28, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. Niederems district In: Waldems community website, accessed on August 4, 2020.
  3. Law on the reorganization of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen (GVBl. II No. 330-18) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 227 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).