Zeltingen-Rachtig
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Location of Zeltingen-Rachtig within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
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| Coordinates: 49°57′26″N 07°00′38″E / 49.95722°N 7.01056°ECoordinates: 49°57′26″N 07°00′38″E / 49.95722°N 7.01056°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich | |
| Municipal assoc. | Bernkastel-Kues | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Manfred Kappes | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 16.94 km2 (6.54 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 2,211 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54492, 54539 | |
| Dialling codes | 06532 | |
| Vehicle registration | WIL | |
| Website | www.zeltingen-rachtig.de | |
Zeltingen-Rachtig 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 surrounded by vineyards in the great bend in the Moselle between Bernkastel-Kues and Traben-Trarbach not far from the university town of Trier. Both Ortsteile – Zeltingen and Rachtig – are found on the river’s right bank where the valley broadens out into very flat country bordering on the Hunsrück. Zeltingen-Rachtig belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Neighbouring municipalities are, among others, Erden, Ürzig and Graach an der Mosel. The nearest middle centres are Bernkastel-Kues, some 5 km away, and Wittlich, some 10 km away. Trier lies some 35 km away.
Zeltingen-Rachtig lies in a transitional zone between temperate oceanic climate and continental climate; compared to other regions in Germany, a very warm and sunny climate prevails here. In nearby Brauneberg on 11 August 1998, a record temperature of 41.2 °C in the shade, the highest ever air temperature recorded in the Federal Republic, was confirmed.
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