Veldenz

Veldenz
Municipality
The village of Veldenz as seen from Veldenz Castle
The village of Veldenz as seen from Veldenz Castle
Coat of arms of Veldenz
Coat of arms
Location of Veldenz within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Veldenz is located in Germany
Veldenz
Veldenz
Veldenz is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Veldenz
Veldenz
Coordinates: 49°53′26″N 7°1′33″E / 49.89056°N 7.02583°E / 49.89056; 7.02583
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Bernkastel-Kues
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Norbert Sproß[1]
Area
 • Total14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total956
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54472
Dialling codes06534
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.veldenz.de
Veldenz valley is a dry fallen meander of the river Moselle. The village to the left and Geisberg mountain to the right.

Veldenz 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 former main seat of the County of Veldenz, once a prominent principality to which belonged 120 villages and towns now in Rhineland-Palatinate and northern Alsace and Lorraine.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.