Niedersayn

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 50'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Wirges
Height :	342 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.82 km 2
Residents:	161 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56244
Area code :	02666
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 275
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 10 56422 Wirges
Website :	www.wirges.de
Local Mayor :	Günter Kober
Location of the local community of Niedersayn in the Westerwaldkreis

View of Niedersayn (2020)

The Apollonia Chapel in the Karnhöfen district

Niedersayn is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges .

Geographical location

The village is north of Montabaur on the Kleiner Saynbach .

The districts of the municipality are Karnhöfen, Blaumhöfen and Niedersayn.

history

Niedersayn was first mentioned in a document in 1277 under the name Langesain . The chapel of St. Apollonia in the district of Karnhöfen was built in 1700. In 1949 the heavily damaged chapel was partially rebuilt and enlarged, and in 1972 it was renovated.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 181 1835 247 1871 189 1905 146 1939 139 1950 143

year Residents 1961 138 1970 161 1987 183 2005 225 2011 181 2017 173

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Niedersayn consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Günter Kober became the local mayor of Niedersayn on August 14, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 65.81% of the vote.

Kober's predecessor as local mayor was Thomas Dörner.

coat of arms

Blazon : “A left silver flank in blue. A silver mill wheel at the front and a red bell at the back, over two wavy strips that were confused with silver and red. "

Justification of the coat of arms: The tinging of the coat of arms is based on regional history. Silver and red were the colors of Kurtrier , red was also the coat of arms of the Counts of Diez . Blue refers to the temporary affiliation to the Duchy of Nassau . The silver mill wheel is a reminder of the great economic importance of the milling trade in the district, in which many mills can be identified since the 16th century. The red bell refers to the church in the district of Karnhöfen. The wavy ridges refer to the location on the eponymous little Saynbach .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The B 255 , which connects Montabaur and Rennerod , as well as the B 8 runs east of the village .
• The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the A3 Cologne - Frankfurt am Main , about three kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Web links

Commons : Niedersayn  - Collection of Images

• The local community of Niedersayn on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges

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. 83 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Wirges zu Niedersayn , accessed on July 26, 2020
4. ^ Parish of St. Anna , accessed on July 26, 2020
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 28, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ ^{a b} Thomas Dörner: Constituent meeting of the local community council. In: The town hall - information for the citizens in the VG Wirges, edition 25/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 1, 2020 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wirges, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved July 1, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Description of the coat of arms. Verbandsgemeinde Wirges, accessed on July 28, 2019 .