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.

Niederwörresbach was shaped by the agate grinders' trade and the quarrying business.

The village of the "clicker grinders" (Klickerschleifer – see below under "The tradition of "clickers"") lies between the southern edge of the Hunsrück and the mountain range of volcanic origin on the upper Nahe. It is part of the Fischbach valley, and on the municipal outskirts, the namesake river, the Wörresbach (also called the Hinterbach), empties into the Fischbach.

Niederwörresbach borders Herrstein in the north. Somewhat farther west is the slate ridge known as the Wirschheck, which leads on into the neighbouring municipality of Oberwörresbach. On Landesstraße (State Road) 160, Bundesstraße 41 can be reached, as can Fischbach, some 7 km (4.35 mi) to the south, and indeed Idar-Oberstein's outlying centre of Weierbach. Also following this stretch of road is the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße ("German Gem Road"), which in Niederwörresbach's west follows Landesstraße 175 towards Herborn and Vollmersbach.

Also belonging to Niederwörresbach are the outlying centres of Birfink and Hainbuch and also the outlying homestead of "Auf Faustert".

Niederwörresbach is built on conglomerates from the Upper Rotliegend. The area is permeated with igneous rocks such as porphyry and melaphyre. Going eastwards, the material changes into the Devonian slate that characterizes the Rhenish Massif. Also worth mentioning here are the limonite stones on the "Wart" and a sandstone quarry on the "Klink". To this day, the firm F.L. Juchem & Söhne maintains, among other construction-related operations, a quarry along the road to Fischbach.

The tradition of "clickers"

Niederwörresbach has a long tradition in the craft of "clickers" (called Klicker in German). These are ball-shaped, polished agate stones. Agate grinding was an arduous job. The raw stones had to be brought to the village from Idar on foot so that they could be processed the next morning in the grinder's workshop. The so-called Schleiferkrankheit – "grinder's illness" – caused by agate dust lying before the grindstone, poor ventilation, and schnapps, which was drunk to suppress the affliction, saw to it that Klickerschliffer – "clicker grinders" – did not get older than 40 years. Bearing witness even today to their craft is a charge in the municipal coat of arms depicting a chain of these "clickers".

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences	3
Youngest Fossil Listed	311 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed	315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units	Unit No. Occurrences Age Untere Saarbrücker Schichten 3 314.6 - 311.45 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted Name Hierarchy Age Archimylacridae family Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Archimylacridae 314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous Breyeriodes kliveri species Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Breyeriodes : Breyeriodes kliveri 314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous Arthropleura armata species Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Arthropleurida : Arthropleuridae : Arthropleura : Arthropleura armata 314.6 - 311.45 Ma Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederw%C3%B6rresbach
Wikidata ID:	Q642302
GeoNames ID:	6553620

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