Niederotterbach

Niederotterbach is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Bergzabern.

Geography

Niederotterbach is located near the French border on the eponymous Otterbach in the Palatinate wine region between the Palatinate Forest and the Bienwald. Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Dierbach, Vollmersweiler, Steinfeld, Kapsweyer and Oberotterbach.

History

The place was first mentioned 992. Until the 18th century it belonged to the rule Guttenberg.

In the thirties of the 20th century Niederotterbach was added to the district Bergzabern. With which began in the second half of the 1960s local government reform in Rhineland -Palatinate Niederotterbach was incorporated on June 7, 1969 along with most communities of the county Bergzabern in the newly created "County Landau Bad Bergzabern " which in turn, 1 January 1978 "County Southern Wine Route " has been renamed.

Religion

In 2007, 51.6 percent of the population Catholic, 26.5 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Niederotterbach 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. The acting mayor Rudi Schwöbel.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: "Divided and split up, up right in black a rotbewehrter, bezungter and crowned lion on the left of silver and blue riveted top, bottom in silver over silver water on green ground, a red otter, a blue fish holding in its mouth. "

It was established in 1952 approved by the Ministry of Interior and Mainz goes back to a court seal from the year 1599th The Palatinate Lion and the Wittelsbach diamond shapes are reminiscent of the former membership of Palatinate -Zweibrücken and the otter symbolizes talking the place name.

Partnerships

With the Alsatian Littenheim a partnership is maintained since 1991. For this reason, the 2002-built new road " Litt Heimer Ring" was baptized.

Traffic

Niederotterbach is in the range of the transport association Rhein- Neckar. In the resort keep on weekdays SüdwestBus the lines 527 and 544, which offer connections to and from the train stations Schweighofen Bad Bergzabern and Kandel. The nearest train station is Steinfeld ( Pfalz) at the Palatine Maximilian Railway Neustadt on the Wine Route winds (Pfalz ) Wissembourg, about 2 km South.