Niederwambach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Puderbach
Height :	225 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.89 km 2
Residents:	450 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57614
Area code :	02684
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 050
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 13 56305 Puderbach
Website :	www.puderbach.de
Local Mayor :	Joachim Ramseyer
Location of the local community Niederwambach in the Neuwied district

Niederwambach is a municipality in the Neuwied district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Puderbach .

geography

The place is a little off the main traffic arteries north of Puderbach on the edge of the Rhine-Westerwald nature park .

history

The parish of Niederwambach was first mentioned in 1253. The Romanesque Bartholomew Church was built in the second half of the 12th century (tower still preserved). In the course of the Reformation , Protestant worship was introduced in 1556. In 1831 the too small nave was torn down and a late classicist hall church was built by the princely-wied building inspector Johann Heinrich Hartmann. The church was extensively renovated in the 1970s.

Today's community was formed on June 7, 1969 from the dissolved communities Ascheid, Lahrbach and Niederwambach.

Ascheid, aerial photo (2016)

Cultural monuments

See the list of cultural monuments in Niederwambach

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 235 1835 343 1871 406 1905 366 1939 300 1950 358 1961 333

year Residents 1970 396 1987 418 1997 561 2005 527 2011 437 2017 455

politics

Municipal council

The council in Niederwambach 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

Joachim Ramseyer became mayor of Niederwambach on July 18, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he prevailed against the previous incumbent with a share of 59.92% of the vote. Udo Franz (FWG) had previously been the town's mayor for 25 years.

traffic

The next motorway junction is Neuwied on federal motorway 3 . The nearest ICE - Station is in Montabaur on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main .

Web links

Commons : Niederwambach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Niederwambach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 174 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 3, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Puderbach current: Announcement. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Heimat- und Bürgerzeitung with the official announcements, issue 28/2019, June 24, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Lars Tenorth: Surprise in Niederwambach: Joachim Ramseyer replaces Udo Franz. Rhein-Zeitung, Neuwied district, May 26, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Puderbach, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results Retrieved March 17, 2020 .