Niersbach

Niersbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Niersbach
Coat of arms
Location of Niersbach within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Niersbach
Niersbach
Coordinates: 49°56′25″N 6°44′33″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Wittlich-Land
Government
 • MayorStephan Becker
Area
 • Total12.81 km2 (4.95 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total699
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54518
Dialling codes06508, 06575
Vehicle registrationWIL

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Constituent communities

Niersbach has one outlying centre, the Ortsteil of Greverath.

History

In 1473, Niersbach had its first documentary mention as Nydersbach. Beginning in 1794, Niersbach lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Today's municipality was newly formed out of the dissolved municipalities of Niersbach and Greverath on 10 June 1979.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

 WG KrumeichWG BeckerFWG GreverathTotal
200937212 seats

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In Silber über grünem Wellenschildfuß eine blaue Töpferscheibe, beseitet von je einer roten Flamme, darüber ein blauer Topf.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Over a base wavy vert argent a potter's wheel on which a pot, both azure, between two flames gules.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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