Kemmenau
Kemmenau | |
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 Location of Kemmenau
within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district | |
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  Location within Germany  Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Norbert Jachtenfuchs[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Population (2025-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 500 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56132 |
| Dialling codes | 02603 |
| Vehicle registration | EMS, DIZ, GOH |
| Website | www.kemmenau.de |
Kemmenau (German pronunciation: [ˈkɛmənaʊ]) is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in the Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau.
Although Kemmenau is already mentioned in 1320, and is maybe even some centuries older, the village became a municipality only between 1816 and 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. [4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
- ↑ "VG Bad Ems - zur Geschichte". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
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