Boxberg (Eifel)
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Location of Boxberg within Vulkaneifel district
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| Coordinates: 50°16′32″N 6°52′42″E / 50.27556°N 6.87833°ECoordinates: 50°16′32″N 6°52′42″E / 50.27556°N 6.87833°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Vulkaneifel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kelberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Werner Lenarz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 224 | |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54552 | |
| Dialling codes | 02692 | |
| Vehicle registration | DAU | |
Boxberg 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 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.
Boxberg is also where the river Lieser rises.
In feudal times, the village belonged to the Electoral-Trier Amt of Daun. The Niederehe Monastery owned landholdings at “Bocksberg”, which under French rule were auctioned off. Under Prussian administration, Boxberg was a municipality in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Sarmersbach. In the course of administrative restructuring in 1970, Boxberg was assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg.
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 Silber ein schrägrechter, blauer Wellenbalken; oben ein rotes Rad, unten ein schräg aufgerichtetes rotes Schwert.
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