Niederahr is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. Through the community flows the Ahrbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History In 959, Niederahr had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport The local bus lines 477 and 959 connect Niederahr to the public transport.
The village is located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), in the fare zone number 422.
Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 5 km away.
There was a station of the Cross Westerwald railway (Montabaur - Wallmerod - Westerburg - Rennerod - Herborn) in Niederahr, nowadays the section of this line between Montabaur and Wallmerod is only in service for fright traffic, from Fehl-Ritzhausen to Rennerod station touristic Railbike tours take place organized by the interest group IG Westerwald-Querbahn e. V. (IWQ), in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010, IWQ has organized special train rides on the Montabaur - Wallmerod section as well.
The bus lines 477 and 959 run through Niederahr.
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Established businesses Westfalia Separator makes decanters at its Niederahr works.
References
External links Niederahr