Bettenfeld

Bettenfeld

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Bettenfeld

Coordinates: 50°5′7.27″N 6°45′35.37″E / 50.0853528°N 6.7598250°E / 50.0853528; 6.7598250Coordinates: 50°5′7.27″N 6°45′35.37″E / 50.0853528°N 6.7598250°E / 50.0853528; 6.7598250
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Wittlich-Land
Government
 • Mayor Reinhold Meuers
Area
 • Total 17.27 km2 (6.67 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 708
 • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54533
Dialling codes 06572
Vehicle registration WIL
Website www.bettenfeld.de

Bettenfeld 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 in the southern Vulkaneifel at elevations of between 460 and 480 m above sea level and is framed by two particularly high peaks: To the southwest lie the wooded lands of the 544 m-high Holzbeul, while rising on the east side of Bettenfeld’s municipal area is the Mosenberg, a former volcano. This 519 m-high mountain is made up of four craters, the most impressive among which is the water-filled Windsborn, a crater lake whose rim is fully preserved; it is the only mountain crater lake north of the Alps. The Mosenberg’s extraordinary appearance was already being appreciated in the 19th century by travellers, artists and scientists, among them the painter Fritz von Wille and the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.

Bettenfeld belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

WG Meuers WG Zens WG Leitges Total
2009 6 4 2 12 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Bettenfeld is a state recognized tourism community. To the east runs the Autobahn A 1, and to the south runs the A 60.

Famous people

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

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