Beinhausen

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Beinhausen

Location of Beinhausen within Vulkaneifel district

Coordinates: 50°16′03″N 6°53′12″E / 50.26750°N 6.88667°ECoordinates: 50°16′03″N 6°53′12″E / 50.26750°N 6.88667°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Albert Kaltenborn

Area

• Total

2.63 km² (1.02 sq mi)

Elevation

482 m (1,581 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

• Density

31/km² (81/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

54552

02692

DAU

Website

www.beinhausen.de

Beinhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality lies in the Eifel between Kelberg and Daun on the river Lieser, and more specifically in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

In the Middle Ages, Beinhausen belonged to the Amt of Daun in the Electorate of Trier. On 10 August 1290, Beinhausen had its first documentary mention as Beinchenhusen. A later source speaks of Beyirhusen, and later still, a 1504 purchase agreement names a one “Clais van Beyhusen” as well as the “Kirchenmeister (a title now no longer used, but akin to “sexton”) from Hilgenrait”. Under Prussian administration, the municipality was in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Sarmersbach. Beinhausen is overwhelmingly Catholic and is the parochial seat of the Parish of St. Hubertus Beinhausen, to which, besides Beinhausen itself, belong the villages of Boxberg, Neichen, Kradenbach, Nerdlen, Sarmersbach and Gefell. Until the early 20th century, Katzwinkel also belonged to the Hilgerath parish (as it was once known). The Beinhausen parish area is also commonly called Struth.

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