Kemmenau 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.
Kemmenau | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kemmenau within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district  | |
  Kemmenau  Kemmenau | |
| Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Ems-Nassau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Norbert Jachtenfuchs[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 517 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/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 |
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. [3]
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ "VG Bad Ems - zur Geschichte". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
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