Gunderath

Coordinates: 50°15′18″N 6°58′54″E / 50.25500°N 6.98167°E / 50.25500; 6.98167
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Gunderath
Municipality
Coat of arms of Gunderath
Coat of arms
Location of Gunderath within Vulkaneifel district
Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Kelberg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Nick Radermacher[1]
Area
 • Total1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total105
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56767
Dialling codes02657
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitewww.gunderath.de

Gunderath 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 Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality
.

Geography

The municipality lies 12 km from

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.

History

The placename points to the village having its beginnings in the late clearing phase of

Amt of Nürburg in the Electorate of Cologne. Under Prussian administration, Gunderath became a municipality in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kelberg in the Adenau district. In the course of municipal reform in 1970, Gunderath passed together with the other municipalities in the Amt of Kelberg to the Daun district, now known as the Vulkaneifel district.[3]

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by

majority vote
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Gunderath's mayor is Nick Radermacher.[1]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Von Silber über Schwarz geteilt, oben ein schwarzes Balkenkreuz, unten ein silberner, goldbewehrter Habicht, den rechten Fang erhoben.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a cross sable and sable a hawk with wings endorsed of the first armed Or, the dexter talon raised.

Until the end of

Saint Quirinus's attribute and is thus a reference to the village's and the church's patron saint.[4]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings:

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ Gunderath’s history – Click on Allgemeines.
  4. ^ Description and explanation of Gunderath’s arms
  5. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district

External links

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