Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate

Biebrich is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Katzenelenbogen.

Geography

Biebrich is located north of Katzenelenbogen from setup.

History

A castle situated near the village head was probably already in Celtic times. Biebrich belonged since the investiture by Emperor Louis IV the Count Westerburg and was later part of the reign of Schaumburg. Since 1806, the village belonged to the Duchy of Nassau, from 1866 to Prussia.

Since 1946, Biebrich is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. 1972 came in the wake of the Rhineland-Palatinate " functional and territorial reform " to form the municipality Katzenelenbogen who belongs to the local church Biebrich ever since.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Biebrich consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: ". Available in black a silver two-handled bulbous urn with attached conical foot and kreuzbestecktem cover "

The coat of arms is derived from a community seal from the year 1843. A similar seal has already been demonstrated in 1806. It was probably created after the transition of the foam- burg town of Nassau, where the urn a local character seems to be.