Niederkumbd

Niederkumbd
Niederkumbd
Location of Niederkumbd within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates	50°0′52″N 7°32′10″E / 50.01444°N 7.53611°E / 50.01444; 7.53611Coordinates: 50°0′52″N 7°32′10″E / 50.01444°N 7.53611°E / 50.01444; 7.53611
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Simmern
Mayor	Günter Hackländer
Basic statistics
Area	2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	404 m  (1326 ft)
Population	313 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	138 /km2 (357 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SIM
Postal code	55469
Area code	06761
Website	www.niederkumbd.de

Niederkumbd seen from the southeast

Niederkumbd (until 1936 Niederchumbd) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Simmern, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, roughly 4 km north of Simmern, and is characterized by agriculture. The municipal area measures 2.27 km².

History

In 1310, Niederkumbd had its first documentary mention. At that time, the village was called Hasencomede and was closely tied to the Cistercian convent at Klosterkumbd. In the Middle Ages, there was a local noble family that bore the same name. Disagreements between the County of Sponheim and the Counts Palatine led in 1368 to a feud around Niederkumbd. Thereafter, the Count of Sponheim had to acknowledge Comital Palatine authority over the village. Beginning in 1410, Niederkumbd belonged to the Duchy of Simmern, which introduced the Reformation in 1556. Later, the Count Palatine of the Rhine became the landholder once again. Beginning in 1794, Niederkumbd lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman^[2].

Mayor

Niederkumbd’s mayor is Günter Hackländer^[3].

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent an urn gules above a bend sinister wavy abased, the end in base enhanced, azure, and sable a lion rampant Or armed and langued of the second.

Culture and sightseeing

Simmerner Straße: old bakehouse and Evangelical chapel

Historic watermill, built in 1848 by Peter Paul Auler and associates

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:^[4]

• Simmerner Straße – fountain; cast-iron basin with relief, cast-iron pump, Stromberg New Ironworks, marked 1887
• Simmerner Straße 24 – old bakehouse, one-floor plastered building, 19th century
• Simmerner Straße 28, Evangelical chapel – timber-frame building, partly solid, 1807-1812

Other sites

Niederkumbd also has an historic watermill from 1848.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf. 
2. ^ Municipal election results for Niederkumbd
3. ^ Niederkumbd’s mayor
4. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.