Niederhosenbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 22'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	356 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.43 km 2
Residents:	281 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06785
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 059
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.niederhosenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Markus Schnurr
Location of the Niederhosenbach community in the Birkenfeld district

Niederhosenbach is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community . Hildegard von Bingen was probably born in Niederhosenbach.

geography

The place is north of the Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein .

43.4 percent of the district area is forested. Neighboring towns are Herrstein , Breitenthal , Wickenrodt , Sonnschied , Griebelschied and Bergen .

Niederhosenbach also includes the “Auf dem Büchelchen”, “Heupenmühle” and “Between the Lakes” residential areas .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the locality was divided into two parts as a sovereign : a smaller part belonged to the Electorate of Trier and was under the administration of the Weiden Office , the larger part to the Imperial County of Sponheim and was administered by the Herrstein Office. The native part had 25 families in 1607, in 1699 there were 15 families.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 308 1835 313 1871 307 1905 320 1939 338 1950 361

year Residents 1961 385 1970 396 1987 328 1997 384 2005 353 2019 281

politics

Municipal council

The council in Niederhosenbach 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

Markus Schnurr became the local mayor of Niederhosenbach in May 2017. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 65.97% of the votes.

Schnurr's predecessors were Thomas Heylmann from 2014 until his resignation, as well as Helmut Hey, who held the office for seven years.

Economy and Infrastructure

In November 2005 the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent. Bundesstraße 41 runs in the southeast . In Fischbach there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Niederhosenbach
• List of natural monuments in Niederhosenbach

Web links

Commons : Niederhosenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Niederhosenbach on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community community
• Literature about Niederhosenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 29 (PDF; 1 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 115, 165, 444.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Nitsch: Mayors want to end projects that have already started. Markus Schnurr. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, March 8, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 29th line of results. Retrieved August 23, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Constituent municipal council meeting. June 26, 2014. Niederhosenbach community, June 29, 2014, accessed on August 23, 2020 .