Kemmenau

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Kemmenau
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Kemmenau
Coordinates: 50°20′52″N7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E / 50.34778; 7.75083
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Ems-Nassau
Government
   Mayor (201924) 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
  Density140/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

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.

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

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. "VG Bad Ems - zur Geschichte". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-06-26.