Niederhosenbach

Niederhosenbach
Coat of arms
Niederhosenbach
Location of Niederhosenbach within Birkenfeld district
Coordinates: 49°47′43″N 7°22′51″E / 49.79528°N 7.38083°E / 49.79528; 7.38083Coordinates: 49°47′43″N 7°22′51″E / 49.79528°N 7.38083°E / 49.79528; 7.38083
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc.	Herrstein
Government
• Mayor	Helmut Hey
Area
• Total	7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	303
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55758
Dialling codes	06785
Vehicle registration	BIR

Niederhosenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality lies north of the river Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein. The municipal area is 43.4% wooded.

Niederhosenbach’s neighbours are Herrstein, Breitenthal, Wickenrodt, Sonnschied, Griebelschied and Bergen.

Also belonging to Niederhosenbach are the outlying homesteads of “Auf dem Büchelchen”, “Heupenmühle” and “Zwischen den Seen”.

South of Niederhosenbach, on the Hosenbach’s left bank before the “Allholz” woods and opposite the Etzelberg (mountain) once stood a village named Hitzelhosenbach. A plaque at the site recalls the now long-vanished village. Standing at the spot where the road from Niederhosenbach to Fischbach crosses the brook was the Etzelberger Mühle (mill), which burnt down in 1913.

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.

Niederhosenbach’s mayor, who has held office since 2007, is Helmut Hey, and his deputies are Thomas Heylmann and Markus Schnurr.