Birresborn | ||
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Coordinates: 50°10′35″N 6°37′33″E / 50.17639°N 6.62583°ECoordinates: 50°10′35″N 6°37′33″E / 50.17639°N 6.62583°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
District | Vulkaneifel | |
Municipal assoc. | Gerolstein | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | [Gordon Schnieder] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 20.88 km2 (8.06 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31) | ||
• Total | 1,149 | |
• Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 54574 | |
Dialling codes | 06594 | |
Vehicle registration | DAU | |
Website | www.birresborn.de |
Birresborn 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 Gerolstein, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies roughly 6 km south of Gerolstein at an elevation of 350 m above sea level in the Kyll valley 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.
Birresborn’s Ortsteile are Sauerwasser, the hunting lodge Waldfries and the outlying centre of Rom.
Clockwise from the north, these are Gerolstein (7 km away), Michelbach (outlying centre of Gerolstein; 4 km away), Salm (8 km away), Mürlenbach (4 km away), Kopp (4 km away) and Büdesheim (9 km away).
Loftier peaks in the municipality include the Rödelkaul (592 m), the Daxberg (548 m), the Goldberg (523 m) and the Vulkan Kalem (509.4 m).
The Adonis Quelle – Quelle is German for “spring” – lies in the middle of the village, but has been closed since November 2003 owing to contamination. The Quelltempel (“Spring Temple”) also found here near the bridge on the Kyll, in which one could once drink water from the Adonis Quelle and draw it for one’s own use, has likewise been closed ever since.