Niederweiler, Rhein-Hunsrück
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Location of Niederweiler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 49°54′37″N 7°17′7″E / 49.91028°N 7.28528°ECoordinates: 49°54′37″N 7°17′7″E / 49.91028°N 7.28528°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirchberg | |
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| • Mayor | Jürgen Dix | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4.81 km2 (1.86 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 393 | |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55491 | |
| Dialling codes | 06543 | |
| Vehicle registration | SIM | |
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Niederweiler 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 Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality is residential and characterized by agriculture and lies in the Hunsrück roughly 1 km south of Büchenbeuren. Just beyond Büchenbeuren is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Niederweiler’s municipal area measures 4.81 km2, of which 1.45 km2 is wooded.
There are a great many prehistoric and Roman barrows on the Via Ausonia, a Roman road (called the Ausoniusstraße in German). Unearthed there in 1926 was a Roman site, apparently a grave monument from the 2nd century, with a hefty base and a balustraded enclosure. Some of the finds made there can now be found in the Bonn State Museum (Bonner Landesmuseum). This monument stood right next to a burial site (chariot burial) from Hallstatt times, roughly 600 to 500 BC, likely a Celtic prince’s grave.
A precise date of first documentary mention for Niederweiler is not known. A bell from 1756 hangs in the tower at the municipal building.
Beginning in 1794, Niederweiler lay under French rule. In 1815 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.
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