Weinfelder Maar
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Location of Schalkenmehren within Vulkaneifel district
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| Coordinates: 50°10′04″N 06°51′39″E / 50.16778°N 6.86083°ECoordinates: 50°10′04″N 06°51′39″E / 50.16778°N 6.86083°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Vulkaneifel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Daun | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Günter Schommers | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 425 m (1,394 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 576 | |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54552 | |
| Dialling codes | 06592 | |
| Vehicle registration | DAU | |
| Website | www.schalkenmehren.de | |
Schalkenmehren 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 Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality of Schalkenmehren 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. It is roughly 4 km southsoutheast of Daun as the crow flies, at the northeast foot of the Hoher List, a stratovolcano which is home to an observatory. Several volcanic lakes, like the Schalkenmehrener Maar, the Weinfeld Maar and the Gemündener Maar, lie within the municipality’s limits.
The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a popular bathing lake on which one may also windsurf.
On 25 November 1287, Schalkenmehren had its first documentary mention in a document from Himmerod Abbey.
Some mention of the now vanished village of Weinfeld must be made, for it is linked historically with Schalkenmehren. The only building from this forsaken village that still stands today is a small church which even now appears as a charge in Schalkenmehren’s coat of arms. It is consecrated to Saint Martin. Weinfeld lay east of this church, where a cross-country path to Mehren now leads. It had been a Roman settlement that converted early on to Christianity, perhaps as early as Constantine’s time, but certainly after Saint Boniface’s works in Germany.
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