Katzwinkel, Vulkaneifel
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 Katzwinkel
Location of Katzwinkel within Vulkaneifel district
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| Coordinates: 50°15′00″N 6°55′27″E / 50.25000°N 6.92417°ECoordinates: 50°15′00″N 6°55′27″E / 50.25000°N 6.92417°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Vulkaneifel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kelberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Manfred Lenartz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.85 km2 (1.49 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 480 m (1,570 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 140 | |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54552 | |
| Dialling codes | 02692 | |
| Vehicle registration | DAU | |
| Website | www.Katzwinkel-Eifel.de | |
Katzwinkel 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.
Katzwinkel lies in the Gäsbach valley stretching up from the upper Üßbach’s right bank, just under 500 m west of Bundesstraße 257 between Kelberg and Ulmen. The municipality lies at the forks of three brooks, the Burbach, the Lanzbach and the Ringelbach, which together form the Gäsbach in the middle of the village. The village’s population is roughly 180 and its elevation ranges from 460 to 490 m above sea level; however, if areas outside the village but still within municipal limits are considered, the local mountain, the Staudchen, northeast of the village, reaches a height of 524 m above sea level. At the Afelskreuz (see Culture and sightseeing below), the 600 m above sea level mark is almost reached. The area within municipal limits measures 385 ha, and one third of it is wooded.
Stone Age finds brought to light here confirm prehistoric settlement in the area around Katzwinkel. The first documentary mention from 1143 shows that the Springiersbach Monastery had holdings in Katzwinkel.
Katzwinkel later belonged to the County of Nürburg and the Amt of Nürburg, and thereby also to the Electorate of Cologne. In the time of French occupation under Napoleon, Katzwinkel was assigned to the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Sarmersbach in the canton of Daun. After this arrangement was abolished in 1815, the village remained with the Bürgermeisterei (also “Mayoralty”) of Sarmersbach until 1931.
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