Niederweis

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	207 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.55 km 2
Residents:	253 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54668
Area code :	06568
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 093
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Arno Thies
Location of the local community Niederweis in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Niederweis is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel .

geography

Niederweis is on the edge of the South Eifel nature park . The community also includes the Eichelhof, Höhjunk (zip code 54298), Mühle and Waldhaus residential areas .

history

Niederweis Castle

A prehistoric settlement of the area around today's Niederweis is documented by weapons, vessels and grave finds as well as a Roman settlement.

In the founding years of the Abbey of Echternach a Martheus the Abbey donated a piece of land between "Wys" and Enghien . In the year 801, Harduwin and his wife, rich landlords in Bidgau , gave the abbey their property in "Wis quod situm est super fluvio Prumia". Between 861 and 867, other landowners, along with Edingen, are named.

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Luxembourg provost of Echternach . From 1795 to 1814 Niederweis belonged to the French department of forests before it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia on the basis of the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, Niederweis was assigned to the mayor of Alsdorf in the Bitburg district, newly established in 1816, in the Trier administrative district , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 onwards. In 1914 Niederweis came to the mayor's office Wolsfeld (from 1927 Wolsfeld office ), 1970 to the Irrel community and in 2014 to the southern Eifel community .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 166 1835 250 1871 249 1905 287 1939 304 1950 300

year Residents 1961 290 1970 267 1987 239 2005 216 2011 236 2017 263

Population development of Niederweis from 1815 to 2017 according to the adjacent table

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Niederweis 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.

Local mayor

In the local elections on May 26, 2019, Arno Thies was elected local mayor with 61.59%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Silver-quartered shield with a red cross topped with a golden glaive cross, in 1 an oblique blue oath hand, in 2 an obliquely left black leaf, in 3 an obliquely left black ear, in 4 an obliquely blue wavy bar."

traffic

Niederweis had a train station on the Nims-Sauertalbahn Bitburg-Erdorf - Irrel - Igel. Passenger traffic on the line was discontinued in the northern section, in which Niederweis was located, in 1969, freight traffic in 1988; the tracks were demolished in the following years. The station building had previously been sold by the Deutsche Bundesbahn. The station is located a little outside of Niederweis, in the Alsdorf district. The station was intended to serve the two localities. (A stopping point planned for the municipality of Alsdorf in the 1950s was never realized.)

Attractions

• Niederweis Castle
• Village church of St. John the Evangelist

See also : List of cultural monuments in Niederweis

Web links

Commons : Niederweis  - collection of images

• To search for cultural goods belonging to the Niederweis community in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .
• Official website of Niederweis Castle

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. 100 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Camille Wampach : Documents and source book on the history of the old Luxembourg territories up to the Burgundian period. 10 vol., Luxembourg 1935–1955, I 2 No. 121 and No. 146.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections
7. ↑ Actually a scallop shell , s. Article Cob von Nüdingen .
8. ^ Coat of arms of the local community Niederweis. In: Coat of arms in the Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel. Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel, December 8, 2015, p. 26 , accessed on June 7, 2019 .