Malborn

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Malborn

Location of Malborn within Bernkastel-Wittlich district

Coordinates: 49°42′59″N 6°59′16″E / 49.71636°N 6.98787°ECoordinates: 49°42′59″N 6°59′16″E / 49.71636°N 6.98787°E

Country

Thalfang am Erbeskopf

Government

• Mayor

Gabriele Neurohr

Area

• Total

26.31 km² (10.16 sq mi)

Elevation

500 m (1,600 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,325

• Density

50/km² (130/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

54426

06503, 06504

WIL

Website

www.malborn-thiergarten.de

Malborn 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 in the Hunsrück. The municipal area covers 26.3 km², of which 18.4 km² is wooded. Malborn lies at the foot of the Steinkopf (683 m above sea level), on which stands a lookout tower

Near Malborn rises the river Prims, which is dammed up in the Primstalsperre (reservoir), and which empties into the Saar near Dillingen.

Malborn belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Thalfang am Erbeskopf, whose seat is in the municipality of Thalfang.

Malborn’s Ortsteile are the main centre, also called Malborn, and the outlying centre of Thiergarten.

In 981, Malborn had its first documentary mention. As a result of the turmoil of the French Revolution, Malborn lay under French rule beginning about 1800. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

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