Niederroßbach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ N , 8 ° 2 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Westerwaldkreis | |
Association municipality : | Rennerod | |
Height : | 495 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.39 km 2 | |
Residents: | 686 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 156 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 56479 | |
Area code : | 02664 | |
License plate : | WW | |
Community key : | 07 1 43 274 | |
Community structure: | 2 districts | |
Association administration address: | Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod |
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Local Mayor : | Bernd Schäfer | |
Location of the local community Niederroßbach in the Westerwaldkreis | ||
Niederroßbach is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .
geography
The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn . Niederroßbach includes the “Bahnhof Niederroßbach”, Dammühle and Berghof residential areas .
The Ortsbach and the Roßbach flow through the village .
Neighboring communities are Oberroßbach , Fehl-Ritzhausen , Neustadt / Westerwald and Zehnhausen .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1422. In 1570 a chapel in the village is mentioned for the first time. In 1773 the community bought a house and set up a school there. In 1566 Nassau-Dillenburg had a pond built near the town by damming the nests. Around 1740 a mill was built on the now dilapidated dam, which was supplemented by a cutting mill, i.e. a sawmill, by 1782 at the latest.
- Population development
The development of the population of the community Niederroßbach, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Niederroßbach consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
mayor
In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Bernd Schäfer was confirmed in his office as local mayor for another five years with a share of the vote of 80.29%.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In blue a slanting silver wave bar topped with a jumping single golden horse." | |
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
- The federal roads 54 , which connect Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen and 255 , which lead from Montabaur to Herborn , run in the immediate vicinity of the municipality .
- The next motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau , around 17 kilometers away.
- The Niederroßbach-Neustadt stop of the disused Westerwaldquerbahn was located between the towns of Niederroßbach and Neustadt .
- The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .
literature
- Hellmuth Gensicke : Parish and court of Emmerichenhain . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 101 . Publishing house of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1990, p. 231-254 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 78 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .