Sohren

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Sohren

Location of Sohren within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district

Coordinates: 49°55′57″N 7°18′29″E / 49.93250°N 7.30806°ECoordinates: 49°55′57″N 7°18′29″E / 49.93250°N 7.30806°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Markus Bongard (CDU)

Area

• Total

9.42 km² (3.64 sq mi)

Elevation

410 m (1,350 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

3,260

• Density

350/km² (900/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55487

06543

SIM

Sohren 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 Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Sohren is a state-recognized tourism resort (Fremdenverkehrsort) and is set out in state planning as a lower centre.

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück and precisely in the centre of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. North of Sohren runs Bundesstraße 50, and 2 km (1 mi) northwest lies Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Sohren lies roughly 6 km (4 mi) west of Kirchberg. Eight kilometres to the southwest is the edge of the Idarwald. Through the village runs the Grundbach, also known as the Dillerbach and the Sohrbach along various stretches of its course.

Yearly precipitation in Sohren amounts to 764 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 55% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is 1.4 times what it is in April. Precipitation varies only slightly. At fewer than 1% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings are recorded.

The area around Sohren was settled no later than Celtic and Roman times, as witnessed by many archaeological finds from graves and remnants of Roman farms. In 846, Sohren had its first documentary mention when the Sororo marca was donated to Saint Alban’s Abbey in Mainz by Count of the Nahegau Adilbert.

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