Niederelbert

Niederelbert is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Montabaur.

  • 4.1 Church
  • 4.2 traffic
  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the village

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur Nassau nature park, the district at an altitude 240-275 m above sea level. NN. To Niederelbert includes the living space Heath, the Waldhaus Werth meadow and the Stocklandhof.

Neighboring communities of Niederelbert are Oberelbert, Holler, Horressen and Montabaur.

History

Niederelbert was first mentioned in documents as Elewartin in 1211; 1233 Elewarthe; 1260 Elwarten; 1326 Eylewart; Elwert 1385; 1427 Nederen eelfart; 1499 Nederen Elwert; 1786 Niederelbert.

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

Policy

Parish council

The council Niederelbert consists of 16 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 16 seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.

Coat of arms

In the former place names Elewarthin, the two silver Elchschaufeln out in chief. The golden lily in blue is the coat of arms of the Lords von Helfenstein removed. For the 4 streams ( Elbert Bach, Gambach, Stelzenbach and ponds Hell Bach) is in the local coat of arms symbolically the golden wave bar with the 4 waves. The cock, the popular symbol low Elbert 's as heraldic shield figure gold reinforced in silver on a red field was added to the local coat of arms. Red and silver are the kurtrierischen crest colors.

Economy and infrastructure

Church

In Niederelbert there is a Catholic church. It was inaugurated in 1910 St. Joseph.

Traffic

  • The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3 Cologne - about four kilometers from Frankfurt.
  • The nearest railway station is the ICE station Montabaur with connection to the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main and regional connections.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the village

  • December 2, 1947, Rudolf Sharping, SPD politician, former German defense minister
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