Niederwörresbach

Niederwörresbach
Coat of arms
Niederwörresbach
Location of Niederwörresbach within Birkenfeld district
Coordinates: 49°46′10″N 07°20′08″E / 49.76944°N 7.33556°E / 49.76944; 7.33556Coordinates: 49°46′10″N 07°20′08″E / 49.76944°N 7.33556°E / 49.76944; 7.33556
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc.	Herrstein
Government
• Mayor	Arnold Weinz
Area
• Total	9.35 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	891
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55758
Dialling codes	06785
Vehicle registration	BIR
Website	www.niederwoerresbach.de

Niederwörresbach 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.

Niederwörresbach was shaped by the agate grinders' trade and the quarrying business. The local sport club's artistic gymnastics squad has earned international recognition.

The village of the "clicker grinders" (Klickerschleifer – see explanation under The tradition of "clickers") lies between the southern edge of the Hunsrück and the mountain range of volcanic origin on the upper Nahe. It is part of the Fischbach valley, and on the municipal outskirts, the namesake river, the Wörresbach (also called the Hinterbach) empties into the Fischbach.

Niederwörresbach borders in the north on Herrstein. Somewhat farther west is the slate ridge known as the Wirschheck, which leads on into the neighbouring municipality of Oberwörresbach. On Landesstraße (State Road) 160, Bundesstraße 41 can be reached, as can Fischbach some 7 km (4 mi) to the south, and indeed Idar-Oberstein's outlying centre of Weierbach. Also following this stretch of road is the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße ("German Gem Road"), which in Niederwörresbach's west follows Landesstraße 175 towards Herborn and Vollmersbach.