Kellenbach
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Location of Kellenbach within Bad Kreuznach district
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| Coordinates: 49°50′51″N 07°29′42″E / 49.84750°N 7.49500°ECoordinates: 49°50′51″N 07°29′42″E / 49.84750°N 7.49500°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bad Kreuznach | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirn-Land | |
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| • Mayor | Hans-Peter Haider | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 262 | |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55606 | |
| Dialling codes | 06765 | |
| Vehicle registration | KH | |
Kellenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirn-Land, whose seat is in the town of Kirn, although this lies outside the Verbandsgemeinde.
Kellenbach lies in the southern Hunsrück at the edges of the Soonwald and Lützelsoon hills. The eponymous brook, the Kellenbach, flows through the village and empties some 8 km downstream near Simmertal into the Nahe. The greatest elevation within municipal limits, at 580 m above sea level, is the Blickenstein.
Clockwise from the north, Kellenbach’s neighbours are the municipalities of Königsau, Henau, Schwarzerden, Weitersborn, Simmertal, Brauweiler, Heinzenberg, Hennweiler and Schlierschied. Henau and Schlierschied both lie in the neighbouring Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, whereas all the others likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.
Also belonging to Kellenbach are the outlying homesteads of Forsthaus Lützelsoon, Gerhardsmühle and Rippas-Mühle.
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