| Image Coa: | Wappen von Niederheimbach.png |
| Coordinates: | 50.0344°N 7.8078°W |
| Image Plan: | Niederheimbach in MZ.svg |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Mainz-Bingen |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Rhein-Nahe |
| Elevation: | 80-618 |
| Area: | 7.38 |
| Postal Code: | 55413 |
| Area Code: | 06743 |
| Licence: | MZ |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 3 39 040 |
| Website: | www.niederheimbach.com |
| Mayor: | Ole Wysotzki[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Niederheimbach (pronounced as /de/) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Niederheimbach has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Niederheimbach lies between Koblenz and Bingen, right on the Rhine Gorge, only a short way northwest of the Rhine Knee. The place, which is found beneath or east of Bingen Forest (Binger Wald), has a built-up area stretching from 80 to 140 m above sea level. The highest mountain in the municipal area, at 618 m above sea level, is the heavily wooded Franzosenkopf (“Frenchman’s Head”), found south of the built-up area in Bingen Forest.
The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| Total | ||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 seats |
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend sinister wavy, a bendlet sinister wavy argent surmounting the partition, gules in dexter an abbot’s staff per bend surmounted by a bishop’s mitre, in chief a wheel spoked of six of the first, sable in sinister a bunch of grapes per bend slipped and a grapeleaf in bend sinister Or and issuant from base a lion rampant of the fourth armed, langued and crowned of the second.
Until its closure in the 1990s, the Märchenhain (“Fairytale Grove”) was a tourist attraction. A great number of the fairytale figures were nonetheless restored and have found a new place along an idyllic pathway near the community. There one can see many fairytales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and others along the Kuhweg (“Cow Way”).