Ellern

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Ellern

Location of Ellern within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district

Coordinates: 49°59′06″N 7°38′40″E / 49.98500°N 7.64444°ECoordinates: 49°59′06″N 7°38′40″E / 49.98500°N 7.64444°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Dietmar Tuldi (SPD)

Area

• Total

9.36 km² (3.61 sq mi)

Elevation

420 m (1,380 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

835

• Density

89/km² (230/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55497

06764

SIM

Ellern is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rheinböllen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the middle of the Hunsrück at the foot of the Soonwald (forest). Ellern lies some 10 km from the district seat of Simmern. Within quick reach is the Rhine valley with Bacharach, the Loreley, Oberwesel and Boppard.

The area within municipal limits comprises 10 km². Bordering right on Ellern’s municipal limits (but within Argenthal’s) is the “Kloppwiesen” Nature Conservation Area.

Yearly precipitation in Ellern amounts to 788 mm, falling into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 60% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is September. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is twice what it is in September. Precipitation varies only slightly. At only 15% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.

In 1347, Ellern had its first documentary mention. At the time when the church in Mörschbach was consecrated in 1006, Ellern’s current location was the Wüste Elira (Wüste literally means “desert” in German). It is therefore known that Ellern’s founding fell sometime between 1006 and 1347. After the time of the Reformation, Ellern became mainly Evangelical. Beginning in 1794, Ellern lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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