Niederheimbach

Niederheimbach is a municipality in the district Mainz -Bingen, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the community association Rhein-Nahe, which has its headquarters in the town of Bingen am Rhein. Niederheimbach is a nationally recognized tourist.

Since 2002 Niederheimbach is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Regular events

• 5.1 energy
• 5.2 traffic

• 6.1 documents

Geography

Niederheimbach is between Koblenz and Bingen directly on the Middle Rhine, just a little north-west of the Rhine knee. The place is located below or east of Binger Forest, extends with its built-up area from 80 to 140 m above sea level. NN; the highest mountain in the municipality is the French head ( 618 m), which is located south of the town in the low Heimbacher forest.

To Niederheimbach includes the residential places castle Hohneck ( Heimburg ) Sooneck Castle, manor farm and Finkenhof.

History

Heimbach was first mentioned in a document dated 14 June 983, the Emperor Otto II the Archbishop of Mainz Willigis his rights under the spell of Bingen confirmed.

Low - Heimbach was formerly the chapter of Mainz belong. Above the village is on a hill, the ruins of the castle Heimburg, the mortgage as the Kurverwalter Kuno II of Falkenstein granted in 1353, 1362 the archbishopric of Mainz was returned. The time of its destruction is unknown. Located near the village lie the ruins of the castle Sooneck or Saneck, which was built at the very tip of the Soon- or Sanwald. Was destroyed in 1282 as a robbery nest on the orders of Emperor Rudolf, later rebuilt and handed over to the Rhenish knights of Waldeck. This was in 1346 by Archbishop Henry III. fief of Virneburg it and died out around 1450.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Niederheimbach 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.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Community partnerships

A partnership exists with the community Champtoceaux from France since 1981.

Culture and sights

Structures

• Sooneck Castle (also Saneck or Sonneck called ) stands on a steep slope of the Soon forest above the village. It can be visited on guided tours.
• Heimburg, (also called Hoheneck Castle ) is located above the village. The castle is now privately owned and not open to visitors.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Niederheimbach

Regular events

• On the weekend before the Assumption (August 15 ), the sausage - fair will be held from Friday to Sunday.
• Rhine in Flames on the 1st Saturday in July: Big fireworks and boat trip on the Middle Rhine Trechtingshausen with castle rich stone, along castle Rheinstein, Assmannshausen, Mouse Tower, ruins of Ehrenberg rock (Hesse), Bingen am Rhein with Klopp Castle to Rudesheim am Rhein with the Brömserburg.

Until its closure in the 1990s, the fairy tale grove was a tourist attraction. Much of the fairy tale characters, however, was restored and have been found at an idyllic way near the village of their new place. There are many fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and many other fairytale characters are now regarded in a new light on the " Kuhweg ".

Economy and infrastructure

Energy

Stadtwerke Mainz AG plans on the French head above Niederheimbach the construction of pumped storage power plant " Heimbach memory " with a capacity between 400 and 600 MW.

Traffic

• Directly by the municipality runs the federal highway 9, which connects Mainz, Koblenz.
• The Federal Highway 61 is reached after approximately 13 km at the junction Rheinboellen.
• The Niederheimbach railway station is on the railway line Mainz - Koblenz.
• A car ferry across the Rhine connects the municipality with Lorch on the other side of the Rhine.