Low ears

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.9 km 2
Residents:	446 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55487
Area code :	06543
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 107
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 5 ; 55481 Kirchberg
Website :	www.ortsgemeinde-niedersohren.de
Local Mayor :	Severin Ochs
Location of the local community of Niedersohren in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Parish hall in the center of the village

View from the southwest

Niedersohren is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community .

geography

The rural community of Niedersohren is located in the valley of the Sohrbach in the middle of the Hunsrück . The district covers 3.90 km², of which 0.89 km² is forest. The Niedersohrener Hof also belongs to Niedersohren.

The B 50 runs north of the village , and the historic Ausoniusstrasse runs south . Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is four kilometers north-west of Niedersohren . Niedersohren is about four kilometers southwest of the geographic center of Rhineland-Palatinate. The big cities of Mainz , Koblenz and Trier are almost equally far away.

history

Roman settlement on Ausoniusstrasse and in the vicinity of today's Annahof has been proven. In 1301 the place with the Reichsgut Sohren Eberhard von Sponheim was assigned by the Reich to fief and has belonged to the County of Sponheim ever since . In the 18th century, the Margrave of Baden was the heir to the Counts of Sponheim. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French, the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Niedersohren 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

Severin Ochs is the local mayor of Niedersohren. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran, he was re-elected by the local council.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split by a curved, overturned black tip, inside a red-armored and tongued golden eagle, on the right in silver over a blue bowl a floating blue jug, on the left in gold a red diagonal bar."

Foundation of the coat of arms: Niedersohren in the care Sohren was a royal property, that is what the imperial eagle stands for . 1301 it came as a fief to the Counts of Sponheim and then to their heirs, the Margrave of Baden and the Count of Veldenz . After the division of 1707, the margraves of Baden were the sole rulers, as indicated by the red sloping bar in gold.

The two vessels from the Hunsrück-Eifel culture were recovered from barrows in the community forest.

Culture and sights

theatre

Since 2004, the only youth theater group in the Kirchberg community has existed with the “Pina Coladas”. In 2010 the play “Doctor Deiwel - What can I do for you?” Will be shown.

Buildings

In the center of the village is the Alte Backes , where the volunteer fire brigade is housed . The new parish hall is a new building to the right of the Backes.

About two kilometers from the center of the village, between Niedersohren and Dill, there is a massive replica of a watchtower from Roman times and a refuge with “Roman games”. From the Römerturm you have a good view of the Idarkopf and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport .

See also:

Ausoniusstrasse

The Ausoniusstraße runs past the tower and hut, laid out by the Romans and actively used in antiquity. The Ausoniusweg stretches from Bingen am Rhein to Trier . The Ausonius hiking trail is signposted with a white “AU” on a green background in the Kirchberg community area. The “AU” shares parts of the route with the Sponheimer Weg signposted with an “S” .

Sports

The sports club Niedersohren has existed since 1921. The sports field is located directly on Kreisstraße 2 to Sohren . The sports field also has a football field for young people.

There is a syndicate with the clubs TUS Sohren and TUS Büchenbeuren.

Regular events

Events of the volunteer fire brigade and the development association
- May 1st fire brigade festival and open day
Events of the parents' initiative Niedersohren
- Children's Carnival (always on Shrove Tuesday)
- Nikolausfeier (on the first Saturday in December)
- Theater evening (beginning of September)
Events of SV Niedersohren
- Carnival session every Saturday evening before Rose Monday
- Après-ski, alternating with a Caribbean night once a year on a Saturday evening in autumn.

traffic

The Niedersohren station was on the now disused Hunsrück cross line Langenlonsheim - Hermeskeil .

literature

Aloysius Lukas: Hahn Äppel Hahn - (a) childhood in the Hunsrück. Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2013, ISBN 978-3-86911-061-5

Web links

Commons : Niedersohren - Collection of images

Local community of Niedersohren on the website of the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community community
Literature about low ears in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

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 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 38 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

↑ Among other things, on Eberhard von Sponheim

↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Niedersohren. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 23rd line of results. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
↑ Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg: local community Niedersohren. Local council. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
↑ Description of the coat of arms Niedersohren

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 38 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

[3] Among other things, on Eberhard von Sponheim