Gornhausen

Gornhausen
Coat of arms
Gornhausen
Location of Gornhausen within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 49°51′38″N 07°02′46″E / 49.86056°N 7.04611°E / 49.86056; 7.04611Coordinates: 49°51′38″N 07°02′46″E / 49.86056°N 7.04611°E / 49.86056; 7.04611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.	Bernkastel-Kues
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Schommer
Area
• Total	5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Elevation	490 m (1,610 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	208
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54472
Dialling codes	06531
Vehicle registration	WIL
Website	www.gornhausen.de

Gornhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The municipality lies at the foot of the Haardtkopf (658 m above sea level) in the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 63.2% wooded. The nearest middle centre is Bernkastel-Kues; the nearest upper centre is Trier. Gornhausen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Among the neighbouring municipalities are Veldenz, Burgen, Morbach-Elzerath and Brauneberg-Hirzlei.

Yearly precipitation in Gornhausen amounts to 869 mm, which is rather high, falling into the highest third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 74% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is 1.3 times what it is in February. Precipitation varies minimally and is very evenly spread throughout the year. At only 1% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.