Country Germany District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 5.61 km² Population 377 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06747 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Elevation 380 m (1,250 ft) Postal codes 56283 Local time Sunday 4:48 PM Postal code 56283 Municipal assoc. Emmelshausen | |
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Ney 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 Emmelshausen, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Contents
- Map of 56283 Ney Germany
- Location
- Constituent communities
- History
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Buildings
- Ney main centre
- Dieler
- Other sites
- Regular events
- Transport
- References
Map of 56283 Ney, Germany
Location
The municipality lies in the Hunsrück some 6 km southwest of the Rhine at Boppard, the nearest major town. Emmelshausen lies 3 km to the southeast.
Constituent communities
Ney’s Ortsteile are Dieler, Schönecker Mühle and Hierenmühle in the Ehrbach valley.
History
Ney belonged to the Gallscheider Gericht (“Gallscheid Court”) at Emmelshausen in the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Ney 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.
Municipal council
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.
Mayor
Ney’s mayor is Edmund Busch.
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: Schild geteilt, oben in Rot ein silberner Balken, unten in Silber zwei blaue Sterne, eine eingeschweifte blaue Spitze, belegt mit einem silbernen Stern (2:1).
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess gules a fess argent and tierced in mantle of the second and azure three mullets counterchanged.
The red field with the silver fess refers to the former Gallscheider Gericht (“Gallscheid Court”). The lower field shows the heraldic bearing of the Carmelites, who once had many holdings in the municipality. The tinctures azure and argent (blue and silver) symbolize purity.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Ney (main centre)
Dieler
Other sites
Regular events
Transport
Ney lies near both the Autobahn A 61 and the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders), also designated Bundesstraße 61.