Mayen-Koblenz – DEB17

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More on wikipedia wikidata Q8593 Mayen-Koblenz slovensky: DEB17

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Mayen-Koblenz is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ahrweiler, Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Hunsrück, Cochem-Zell, and Vulkaneifel.

History

The district was created in 1973 when the two districts, Mayen and Koblenz, were merged.

The district has been 'twinned' with the Borough of Waverley in Surrey in southern England since 1982.

Geography

The two main rivers of the district are the Rhine and the Moselle, which join at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz. In the west of the district are the Eifel mountains. These also include the large lake, the Laacher See, a volcanic caldera formed 12000 years ago.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

Castles and palaces

The county has many castles and palaces:

• Eltz Castle, probably the best known German castle
• Trutzeltz Castle near Eltz Castle
• Schloss Bürresheim
• Genovevaburg in Mayen
• Oberburg, Kobern in Kobern with the Romanesque St.

Other: Koblenz Government Region, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Ahrweiler, Bad Kreuznach, Mayen-Koblenz, Neuwied, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Westerwaldkreis, Altenkirchen district, Koblenz, Birkenfeld

Neighbours: Koblenz, Westerwaldkreis, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Neuwied, Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Ahrweiler, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Mayen-Koblenz – DEB17, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEB17, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164