Niederzissen

Niederzissen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative center of the municipality Brohltal, who also belongs to the community. Niederzissen is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 Attractions
• 4.2 region

Geography

Geographical location

Niederzissen located in a buried and cultural history interesting tributary of the Rhine. The historic valley trail leads from the Rhine between volcanic mountains over the place in the Eifel, including the Bausenberg, Germany's best preserved art hooves iron crater.

Community structure

The local church Niederzissen consists of the two districts Niederzissen and Rodder and from the living quarters " Hauswald peace" and " Sanatorium Bausenberg ".

History

Niederzissen is one of the oldest settlements in the wider area, the oldest finds, including a fragment of a cut jadeite ax, kept in the Rheinische Landesmuseum Bonn, date back to the Neolithic period. The name " Zissen " comes from the Celtic and " backward " played with, about the " Rhine rear = outlying place ". The presence siedelnder Celts occupied by weapons and tool finds. Also known from Roman times proved by excavations settlements near the old Roman road of Sinzig On Mayen to Trier, which would appear conceivable another name deriving from the Celtic gods name Cissonius.

First documented Zissen is how the place was called at the time, mentioned in a deed of gift for the St. Cassiusstift in Bonn. The deed without date comes from the 9th century. The first dated certification from the year 1179 includes an affirmation of " a property in Zissen " by Pope Alexander III. Adalbert II of Metz. Zissen was one of about 1150 to ( construction of the castle Olbrück ) to the beginning of the French occupation in 1794 to rule Olbrück. Since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 Niederzissen belonged to Prussia, since 1816 to the then newly formed district of Ahrweiler in the Region of Koblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine province. First, under the mayor's King field Niederzissen 1883 even a mayor's seat. The local government reform in Rhineland -Palatinate 1969/1970 made ​​Niederzissen the administrative seat of the municipality in 1970 the newly formed Brohltal.

On January 1, 1979, the place Rodder, a part of the territory with 121 inhabitants of the municipality Niederdürenbach after Niederzissen was umgemeindet. The integration was done at the request of a large part of the population Rodderer.

The development of the population of Niederzissen based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Niederzissen consists of 20 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:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " oblique Shared, twelve times confess changes above red and silver, broken down into a growing blue silver truncated cone with a funnel-shaped opening to the right. "

The twelvefold red - silver Ständerung is the coat of arms ( there silver - red) of the Waldbott family of Bassenheim, which was since 1555 owner of imperial rule Olbrück, which also Niederzissen belonged, the open cone shows in stylized form the extinct volcano Bausenberg, a geological special feature on the outskirts Niederzissen.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Historical and cultural monument of the village is 1250 consecrated late Romanesque parish church of St. Germanus, originally a three-nave pillar basilica. Furthermore, there is in place the former tithe house as well as a healing mineral springs. The Town Hall is an information center on the nearby natural park Eifel. Nearby is a Phonolithkegel the most visible Olbrück castle with well preserved and renovated castle keep, symbol of the so-called " Zissener little country ".

The former synagogue was opened on 18 March 2012 after extensive renovations as a reminder and meeting the public.

In the exhibition space, which is attached to the synagogue, some finds of Genisa Niederzissen are presented in display cases.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Niederzissen

Region

• Vulkan Express
• Nature reserve Bausenberg

Station Niederzissen the Brohltalbahn

Economy and infrastructure

On the A 61 is the industrial and commercial area Brohltal East. There, the team Zakspeed is a resident.