Auel is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.
Auel | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Auel within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district  | |
  Auel  Auel | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′16″N 7°45′59″E / 50.17111°N 7.76639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Loreley |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Ralph-Dietmar Seitz[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 179 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56357 |
| Dialling codes | 06771 |
| Vehicle registration | EMS, DIZ, GOH |
History
editIn 1250 Auel was first documented as Owele. In 1437 Auel tax especially for wine was sold from the Counts of Helfenstein to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen for 60 guilder.[3]
Notes and 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.
- ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
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