Niederwörresbach

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 Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

Key facts

German location.image_photo: NiederwoerresbachPanorama.jpg
German location.image_coa: NiederwoerresbachWappen.svg
German location.image_plan: Niederwörresbach in BIR.svg
German location.state: Rheinland-Pfalz
German location.district: Birkenfeld
German location.Verbandsgemeinde: Herrstein-Rhaunen
German location.elevation: 290
German location.area: 9.35
German location.postal_code: 55758
German location.area_code: 06785
German location.licence: BIR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 07 1 34 060
German location.website: www.niederwoerresbach.de
German location.mayor: Ralf Juchem
German location.leader_term: 2019–24

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Wikidata facts

Country: Germany
Located in: Birkenfeld
Population: 814
Area: 9.34
Elevation: 290
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Official website: www.niederwoerresbach.de
Image: NiederwoerresbachPanorama.jpg
Dialing code: 06785
Licence plate code: BIR

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postal code: 55758
Commons category: Niederwörresbach
P8168: Gustav von Bunge

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Location
Neighbouring municipalities
Constituent communities
Geology
Climate
History
Church
The child and youth home
Politics
Municipal council
Mayor
Coat of arms
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The tradition of "clickers"
''Kässchmier''
Clubs
Sport club
Music club
Other clubs
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
Famous people associated with the municipality
Sources
References
External links

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

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