Vordereifel

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Vordereifel is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Eifel, west of Mayen. The seat of the municipality is in Mayen, itself not part of the municipality. [1]

The Verbandsgemeinde Vordereifel consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

  1. Acht
  2. Anschau
  3. Arft
  4. Baar
  5. Bermel
  6. Boos
  7. Ditscheid
  8. Ettringen
  9. Hausten
  10. Herresbach
  11. Hirten
  12. Kehrig
  13. Kirchwald
  14. Kottenheim
  1. Langenfeld
  2. Langscheid
  3. Lind
  4. Luxem
  5. Monreal
  6. Münk
  7. Nachtsheim
  8. Reudelsterz
  9. Sankt Johann
  10. Siebenbach
  11. Virneburg
  12. Weiler
  13. Welschenbach

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References

  1. "Vordereifel nature experience on Naturerlebnis Vordereifel".

Coordinates: 50°20′N7°13′E / 50.333°N 7.217°E / 50.333; 7.217