Niederheimbach

This article deals with that of the Niederheimbach community. For the district of Much see here .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 48 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Nahe
Height :	90 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.38 km 2
Residents:	778 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55413
Area code :	06743
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 040
Association administration address:	Koblenzer Strasse 18 55411 Bingen am Rhein
Website :	www.niederheimbach.de
Local Mayor :	Ole Wysotzki
Location of the local community Niederheimbach in the Mainz-Bingen district

Niederheimbach with Heimburg

Niederheimbach is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Nahe Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Bingen am Rhein . Niederheimbach has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

geography

Niederheimbach is located between Koblenz and Bingen directly on the Middle Rhine , just a little northwest of the knee of the Rhine . The place, which is located below or east of the Binger Wald , extends with its built-up area to 80 to 140  m above sea level. NHN ; the highest mountain in the municipality is the Franzosenkopf ( 617.1  m above sea  level ), which is located south of the village in the Niederheimbach forest.

Niederheimbach also includes the residential areas Burg Hohneck (Heimburg), Burg Sooneck , Landgut Farm and Finkenhof.

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Middle Rhine Valley near Niederheimbach, taken from the Siebenburgenblick observation tower

history

Heimbach was first mentioned in a document dated June 14, 983, in which Emperor Otto II confirmed his rights under the spell of Bingen to Archbishop Willigis of Mainz .

Nieder-Heimbach was formerly part of the Mainz cathedral chapter . Above the village lies the ruins of Heimburg Castle, which was given as pledge to the spa administrator Kuno II von Falkenstein in 1353 and returned to the Archbishopric of Mainz in 1362 . The time of its decline is unknown. Not far from the village are the Sooneck or Saneck Castle , which was built at the very tip of the Soon or Sanwald . In 1282 when a robbery was destroyed on the orders of Emperor Rudolf, it was later rebuilt and handed over to the von Waldeck family of knights. This was in 1346 by Archbishop Heinrich III. von Virneburg enfeoffed with it and died out around 1450.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 550 1835 710 1871 794 1905 965 1939 1,085 1950 1,229

year Residents 1961 1,131 1970 1,081 1987 827 1997 825 2005 809 2019 778

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Niederheimbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	WNF	total
2019	2	3	5	2	12 seats
2014	2	3	5	2	12 seats
2009	1	4th	5	2	12 seats
2004	2	3	5	2	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voter Group Niederheimbach e. V.
• WNF = Voting Association Niederheimbacher Women e. V.

mayor

Local mayor is Ole Wysotzki (FWG). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 61.79% of the vote and is the successor to Heinz Wagner, who no longer took office after 15 years.

Community partnerships

A partnership has existed since 1981 with the former municipality of Champtoceaux from France, now Orée d'Anjou .

Culture and sights

Sooneck Castle

Siebenburgenblick observation tower

Märchenhain figure the frog prince

Buildings

• Sooneck Castle (also called Saneck or Sonneck) stands on a steep slope of the Soonwald above the community. It can be viewed on guided tours.
• Heimburg , (also called Hoheneck Castle) is located above the community. Today the castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.
• Siebenburgenblick observation tower, a 9.6 m high wooden tower , which was built above Sooneck Castle directly on the Rheinburgenweg long-distance hiking trail . From the 8.5 m high viewing platform you have a view of the Rhine Valley and seven castles in the area

See also: List of cultural monuments in Niederheimbach

Fairytale grove

Until it was closed in the 1980s, the Märchenhain was a tourist attraction. Most of the fairy tale characters have been restored and have found their new place on an idyllic path near the village. Fairy-tale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood , Hansel and Gretel and many others can now be seen in their new splendor on the “Kuhweg” and in the castle gardening facility.

Regular events

• On the weekend before the Assumption of Mary (August 15), the Bratwurst Curb is held from Friday to Tuesday.
• Rhine in flames on the 1st Saturday in July: large fireworks and boat tour on the Middle Rhine from Trechtingshausen with Reichenstein Castle , along Rheinstein Castle , Assmannshausen , Mäuseturm , ruins of Ehrenfels Castle (Hesse) , Bingen am Rhein with Klopp Castle to Rüdesheim am Rhein with the Brömserburg .

societies

• The "Verkehrsverein Niederheimbach eV" (VVN for short) was founded as early as 1924. Its members work on a voluntary basis to beautify the townscape and are the local contact for tourists. The VVN also looks after the hiking trails around Niederheimbach.
• On September 6, 2015, the association “Dorfmuseum Heimbachtal e. V ”in the apartment on the first floor of Niederheimbach train station there is a small museum about the history of the place.

Economy and Infrastructure

energy

The public utility Mainz AG planning the construction of the head on the French above Niederheimbach pumped storage power plant "Heimbach memory" with an output between 400 and 600 MW.

traffic

• The federal road 9 runs directly through the municipality . a. Mainz connects with Koblenz.
• The federal motorway 61 is reached after approx. 13 km at the junction Rheinböllen .
• Niederheimbach train station is on the left bank of the Rhine .
• A car ferry connects the community with Lorch on the other side of the Rhine.

Sons and daughters

• Joseph Fink (* 1868; † after 1933), politician (center)

literature

• Literature about Niederheimbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Documents:

• Picture by Niederheimbach from JF Dielmann, A. Fay, J. Becker (draftsman): FC Vogel's Panorama of the Rhine, pictures of the right and left banks of the Rhine, FC Vogel lithographic institution, Frankfurt 1833
• Heimburg ruins

Web links

Commons : Niederheimbach  - Collection of Images

• Niederheimbach municipality
• Historical information about Niederheimbach at regionalgeschichte.net

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 105 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
4. ^ Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Regesten der Stadt Bingen, Klopp Castle and Rupertsberg Monastery , Bingen 1853, p. 3 ( Google Books )
5. ^ Entry by Jens Friedhoff on Sooneck Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on February 27, 2020.
6. ^ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province , Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 595 ( Google Books )
7. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
9. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Nahe, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Information based on measurements carried out privately
11. ↑ Seven - Castles - look at the website of the community Niederheimbach
12. ^ [1] Verkehrsverein Niederheimbach eV (VVN). Here also with the hiking trails around Niederheimbach.
13. ^ Dorfmuseum / Archiv Heimbachtal eV Local community Niederheimbach on the homepage of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association. Here also opening times.
14. ↑ www.psw-heimbach.de
15. ↑ http://www.mittelrhein-faehre.de/index.htm