Gornhausen
Gornhausen | |
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Location of Gornhausen within Bernkastel-Wittlich district Bernkastel-Wittlich | |
Municipal assoc. | Bernkastel-Kues |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Stefan Wagner[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi) |
Elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 211 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 54472 |
Dialling codes | 06531 |
Vehicle registration | WIL |
Website | www.gornhausen.de |
Gornhausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies at the foot of the Haardtkopf (658 m above sea level) in the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 63.2% wooded. The nearest middle centre is Bernkastel-Kues; the nearest upper centre is Trier. Gornhausen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Neighbouring municipalities
Among the neighbouring municipalities are Veldenz, Burgen, Morbach-Elzerath and Brauneberg-Hirzlei.
Climate
Yearly
History
Gornhausen belonged, along with the seat, Veldenz, and the villages of Burgen, Mülheim, Brauneberg and Andel (today an outlying centre of
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess azure three mullets in fess argent and argent a castle emerging from base with a central tower embattled and two side towers with conical roofs sable, the windows and gateway of the field.
Culture and sightseeing
Worth seeing in Gornhausen are a 300-year-old oak, an old mill (Klaramühle), the Berbelay (crags with a good view), the Haardtkopf Transmitter and a view into the
Regular events
In summer, mostly in early August, Gornhausen is, together with the other municipalities in the former
Transmitter on the Haardtkopf
Since 1952, there has been on the Haardtkopf a 186 m-tall transmitter, the Haardtkopf Transmitter (Sender Haardtkopf).
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
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- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Gornhausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)