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Virneburg

Virneburg
Coat of arms of Virneburg
Coat of arms
Virneburg   is located in Germany
Virneburg
Virneburg
Coordinates: 50°20′32″N 7°4′44″E / 50.34222°N 7.07889°E / 50.34222; 7.07889Coordinates: 50°20′32″N 7°4′44″E / 50.34222°N 7.07889°E / 50.34222; 7.07889
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mayen-Koblenz
Municipal assoc. Vordereifel
Government
 • Mayor Herbert Pung
Area
 • Total 5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation 402 m (1,319 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 372
 • Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56729
Dialling codes 02656
Vehicle registration MYK
Website www.virneburg-eifel.de

Virneburg is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Virneburg is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel. Next towns are Mayen in the East and Adenau in the West. The average height is 402 meters above NN. Virneburg is in a valley surrounded by four mountains. In the middle of Virneburg there is a fifth mountain on which the Virneburg ruin was built.

The County of Virneburg lies between Mayen and Adenau, near the city of Koblenz. It is located in what is now called the region of Rheinland-Pfalz.

The earliest Counts of Virneburg date back to the eleventh century.

Other notable members of the Virneburg family:


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