Niederdürenbach

Niederdürenbach in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Brohltal, which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen.

Geography

The municipality lies in the Eifel region in the conservation area " Rhein- Ahr -Eifel ". It is divided into the main town Niederdürenbach and the districts grove and wood meadows. To Niederdürenbach includes the Brohlbach lying on the living space hole mill.

History

Niederdürenbach belonged to the late 18th century to imperial rule Olbrück.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine. Under the French administration Niederdürenbach belonged to the Mairie King field in the canton of defense, who was assigned to the district of Bonn and the Rhine- Moselle department. Under the contracts at the Congress of Vienna contracts the region, thus Niederdürenbach, 1815 came to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Niederdürenbach belonged from 1816 to the mayor's King field in the district of Ahrweiler, the part of the district of Coblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine Province was.

Since 1946, the community belongs to the state of Rhineland -Palatinate and since 1969 the municipality Brohltal.

On January 1, 1979, the district was Rodder umgemeindet with 121 inhabitants according Niederzissen.

The development of the population of Niederdürenbach based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Niederdürenbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. The previous council consisted of 16 members of the Council.

Attractions

Worth seeing is the blessing stones from phonolite tuffs (see blessing stone Niederdürenbach ), St. Wendelin Chapel in grove of 1730, the Sauerbrunnen the fire station and the castle Olbrück, built around 1050.

About one kilometer north of the village lies the Rodder Maar, a shallow lake, whose volcanic origin has not yet been demonstrated.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Niederdürenbach

Personalities

• The Finnish- German artist couple Goller - Masalin lived until the beginning of 2013 in the district Holzwiesen. A group of sculptures of its international art project Kansa for peace, human rights and environmental awareness is in the local church Brohltalstr. / Rodderweg.