Niederzier
Lower trim is a town in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany, and belongs to the district of Düren.
- 3.1 Local Elections
- 3.2 municipal
- 3.3 Mayor
- 3.4 Coat of Arms
- 3.5 community partnerships
- 6.1 motorway
- 6.2 Federal roads
- 6.3 transport
- 7.1 opencast
- 7.2 Museum
- 7.3 School of Music
Geography
Lower trim is the Jülich flare, which is characterized by wide, flat farmland. In the southwest of Lower trim is limited by the Rur valley, in the north and east of the Sophie height and the Hambach mine is an artificial limitation of the community. In the southeast of the municipal boundary along the Highway 4 runs
Adjacent cities and communities, the city of Jülich, in the north of the municipality of Titz, in the northeast of the city Sindelsdorf (Rhein -Erft ), in the southeast the community Merzenich, in the south the town of Düren and to the west the town of indene in the northwest.
Community structure
The municipality consists of the villages of Lower Trim Lower Trim, Oberzier, Ellen, Hambach, herb Hausen, Mountain, Selhausen and Huchem - stammering with the following local variables (as of 1 January 2013):
History
Low ornamental and Oberzier can be detected already in the 12th century. The later parts of the community belonged to the French invasion in 1794 to the Duchy of Jülich, 1794-1814 were the parts of the community under French administration. Through the delineation of the Vienna Congress, the villages were put under Prussian administration. On July 1, 1969 Oberzier was incorporated. Its current structure has the municipality since 1 January 1972, as a law for the reorganization of the space Aachen, Aachen, the Act came into force on that date. The former municipalities Ellen, Hambach, Huchem - stammering, Selhausen and Steinstraß and the district Krauthausen the city of Jülich were incorporated. Steinstraß belonged as Lich Steinstraß on the northern boundary of the municipality to municipality. This place no longer exists today. He fell victim to the lignite mine Hambach. Its population was relocated in the 1980s to Jülich.
Policy
Local election
Results of the last municipal election on 30 August 2009:
- SPD - 57.5 %
- CDU - 36.4 %
- GREEN - 6.1%
Parish council
Based on these results the 26 seats of the council are distributed to:
- SPD - 15 seats
- CDU - 9 seats
- GREEN - 2 seats
Conditions: Local election August 30, 2009
Mayor
Hermann Heuser (SPD ) was elected as the joint candidate of the CDU and SPD with 95.3 % of the vote with a voter turnout of 44.7 % on 20 January 2008. The mayoral election was necessitated by the death of the members elected at the municipal election in 2004 Hartmut mayor Nimmerrichter (SPD, † 15 September 2007). At the recent mayoral election on November 10, 2013 Hermann Heuser was confirmed with 81.15 % of the valid votes in a turnout of 53.04 % in office, so that is followed by a second term. This lasts until the associated local elections in 2020.
2010 belonged Niederzier of the few cities in Germany that did not own debt.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " divided by gold and black, a black top, rotbewehrter and bezungter, border lion, down four golden piles. "
All locations formerly belonged to the Duchy of Jülich and are in the immediate vicinity of the town of Jülich. Therefore, the use of the Jülich lions offered as a historical icon. The nine fields in the lower half of the shield stand for the nine federated villages; the colors are those of the Duchy of Jülich. The pale as division can also be construed as a reminder of the long resident in the Niederbolheim ornamental and significant in the state administration jülichschen family of Hochsteden that led three green piles on the emblem in silver plate with red head.
The coat of arms was designed by heraldist Dr. Ulf -Dietrich grain from Münster.
Community partnerships
Lower trim maintains partnership relations with the French town of Vieux- Condé (since 1988 ) and the Thuringian town Bleicherode ( since 1989).
Structures
The most prominent feature of the village is the moated castle Lower trim, she currently serves as the administrative seat of the municipal administration. See Niederbolheim ornamental.
In the village of Hambach, after the nearby mining is named, there is the old ducal hunting lodge, Schloss Hambach, which is preserved in parts and remains of medieval and renaissance architecture provides temporal.
→ See also: St. Cecilia (Lower trim )
Leisure and sports facilities
At the regional recreation areas in Ellbachpark in the village of Lower ornamental, as well as the Sophienhoehe heard on the northern outskirts of the village boundary. There is also a skate park next to the youth center. Also there is a motocross track.
Traffic
Motorway
BAB 4
- (Exit Düren / Jülich)
BAB 44
- (Departure Jülich East)
- (Departure Jülich West)
Federal roads
Through the southern part of the municipality Niederzier and through the district Selhausen the B leads 56, northwestward towards Jülich, southeastward direction Düren.
Transport
The community Niederzier is crossed by the railway line Jülich -Düren in north-south direction. The districts Huchem - stammering, Selhausen and Krauthausen are each connected to a station or breakpoint directly on this route. The place itself is Niederzier of the GCU bus lines 234 and 235 of Düren circular path (DKB ) and 236 and 238 of the DB Bahn Rheinlandbus served ( RVE ).
Culture and sights
Open-cast mining
The Hambach mine is the deepest lignite mine in Europe and can be viewed from different vantage points. Excavations in the area of the mine the gold treasure of Niederzier from the Celtic period was discovered in 1978, which is now on display at the Rheinische Landesmuseum in Bonn.
Museum
See local museum house in Horn Oberzier
School of Music
Since 1989, the municipality has its own music school. In the districts Oberzier and Huchem - stammering (as of October 2010) 17 lessons in instruments and singing as well as music education is offered.
In addition to training work, the School of Music is home to several ensembles, the training orchestra "Hit Kids", various choirs of all ages as well as the big band " taf " to shape a variety of events in the area. Every year in December, the big band travels in addition to the twin " Vieux- Condé " to accompany that great Christmas market multi-day musical.
For years, pull the two major concerts of the music school, the traditional " New Year's Concert " in the auditorium of the School Niederzier / Merzenich and the " Summer Concert " at the Town Hall courtyard many visitors from the surrounding area. Among other things, already had at this event regional and national variables such as John Cashmore, known opera and musical singer, with.
Personalities
- Henry Heinen, born Schaaf (1921-2008), editor of the Cologne Rundschau
- Karl W. Lauterbach ( born 1963 ), scientist and member of the Bundestag for the SPD
- Andrea Tillmanns (born 1972 ), author
- Heike Albrecht ( * 1991), Deaf athlete from Selhausen