Kemmenau

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Kemmenau
Coat of arms of Kemmenau
Coat of arms
Location of Kemmenau within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Kemmenau is located in Germany
Kemmenau
Kemmenau
Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E / 50.34778; 7.75083Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E / 50.34778; 7.75083
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Bad Ems-Nassau
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Norbert Jachtenfuchs[1]
Area
 • Total3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi)
Elevation
382 m (1,253 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total501
 • Density130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56132
Dialling codes02603
Vehicle registrationEMS
Websitewww.kemmenau.de

Kemmenau is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in the Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Although Kemmenau is already mentioned in 1320, and is maybe even some centuries older, the village became a municipality only in 1816/1821. The greater part had previously belonged to Bad Ems, the smaller part to nearby Dausenau. Also remarkable are the prehistoric traces discoverable immediately behind the village, the still easily recognizable Roman Limes and a prehistoric circular entrenchment on the 'First'. The name of the town derives, perhaps, from "Kemmenate", which would refer to a fortified House on the old road from Bad Ems into the Westerwald. [3]

References[]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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