Starkenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Starkenburg
View of one side of Starkenburg from a low level
View of one side of Starkenburg from a low level
Coat of arms of Starkenburg
Location of Starkenburg within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Starkenburg is located in Germany
Starkenburg
Starkenburg
Starkenburg is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Starkenburg
Starkenburg
Coordinates: 49°57′21″N 7°08′24″E / 49.95583°N 7.14000°E / 49.95583; 7.14000
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Traben-Trarbach
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Jörg Emmerich[1]
Area
 • Total1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation
365 m (1,198 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total227
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56843
Dialling codes06541
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.starkenburg-mosel.de

Starkenburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the location of the like-named castle, now in ruins.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.