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heath, came to an end sometime around the turn of the 20th century. By that time, there was not only a paid herdsman, but also a herdsman's barn. This was later converted into a bull stable in 1901 and 1902; until 1894, it had had a thatch. In 1875, a cloudburst in the
Kyrbach valley led to a great flood. The bridge in the village was heavily damaged while the one on the provincial road was partly swept away. As in many villages in the Hunsrück, an “Emperor’s Oak” was planted in Nieder Kostenz on
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came to power, wireless communication was expanded. Even the first cars and motorcycles began to disturb the rural idyll. Between 1934 and 1939, three quarries were opened. Since several local riverbeds and some farm lanes were being cobbled, there was a great demand for quarrystone, and the quarries
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was founded. It was also in 1871 that the
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Heavy bomber squadrons were seen flying by ever more often beginning in 1944. They twice dropped bombs on Nieder
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in the
Dillwald (forest, now called the Brauschied) since the 17th century, and that it had the right to burn forest and use woodlands for haymaking. In the other court case from 1816, the villages of Kappel, Kludenbach, Todenroth, Metzenhausen, Nieder Kostenz, Ober Kostenz and Schwarzen fought
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made itself keenly felt in the constant labour shortage. Women, children and the elderly were pressed into service to help in the farm fields. The state required all agricultural produce to be handed over, but for the minimum needed for a farming family's personal consumption. This process was
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in 1416, and after her death, the remaining four fifths passed to the
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Nahegau. Mechthild, the last daughter of the Counts of Dill (or Dyll), wed Count Maginhard of Sponheim in 1124, thus putting Nieder Kostenz, which had hitherto belonged to Dill, under the Counts of Sponheim. In 1233, the parts of the County of Sponheim on the
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Dillwald, thus greatly limiting grazing. Moreover, Napoleon had sold a great deal of land off formerly held by local lords while he was in power, leaving rather little for the local farmers. This forced them to turn more towards
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language be described thus: Per pale chequy of ten azure and Or and argent a bend sinister wavy enhanced, the end towards chief abased, of the first, below which a waterwheel spoked of eight sable.
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roofs. It was also in Badish times that there were considerable improvements to infrastructure. Many roads were sealed, public building projects were undertaken and churches were built.
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When the western front collapsed and the war had been lost in 1918, Nieder Kostenz had to host German troops many times during their retreat. Beginning in December,
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The Americans dissolved the German administration and administrative organs were provisionally named. Nieder Kostenz next found itself under French occupation.
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became the law of the land and a civil registry was introduced, in addition to the similar function that was still being performed by the Church. Also, the
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overseen by the police, who sometimes also searched houses or barns seeking hoards of food. A typical village meal at this time consisted of
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yielded high-quality stone. In 1939, Nieder Kostenz created, together with Dillendorf and Hecken a coöperative potato steaming facility.
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to be redeployed along the western border. In the first winter of the war, a farming family from the
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facility was installed. The municipality subsidized it.
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1741:Municipal election results for Nieder Kostenz
1556:"The Counts of Sponheim and their successors"
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