Berenbach

Berenbach
Coat of arms
Berenbach
Location of Berenbach within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°14′04″N 6°57′27″E / 50.23444°N 6.95750°E / 50.23444; 6.95750Coordinates: 50°14′04″N 6°57′27″E / 50.23444°N 6.95750°E / 50.23444; 6.95750
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Kelberg
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Brost
Area
• Total	3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	171
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56766
Dialling codes	02676
Vehicle registration	DAU
Website	www.berenbach.de

Berenbach 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 right next to Ulmen 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, Berenbach belonged to the Amt of Nürburg in the Electorate of Cologne. Under Prussian administration, the village was in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kelberg.

In the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Berenbach was transferred in 1970 from the Mayen district to the Daun district, now known as the Vulkaneifel district.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The German blazon reads: In silbernem Schild ein blauer Wellenbalken, oben ein schwarzes Balkenkreuz, unten ein aufsteigender roter Krummstab.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a fess wavy azure, in chief a cross sable, issuant from base an abbot’s staff sinister gules.