Kemmenau

Kemmenau
Coat of arms
Kemmenau
Location of Kemmenau within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E / 50.34778; 7.75083Coordinates: 50°20′52″N 7°45′3″E / 50.34778°N 7.75083°E / 50.34778; 7.75083
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Ems
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Jachtenfuchs norbertjachtenfuchs@t-online.de
Area
• Total	3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	462
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56132
Dialling codes	02603
Vehicle registration	EMS
Website	www.kemmenau.de

Kemmenau is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in the Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Although Kemmenau is already mentioned in 1320, and is maybe even some centuries older, the village became a municipality only in 1816/1821. The greater part had previously belonged to Bad Ems, the smaller part to nearby Dausenau. Also remarkable are the prehistoric traces discoverable immediately behind the village, the still easily recognizable Roman Limes and a prehistoric circular entrenchment on the 'First'. The name of the town derives, perhaps, from "Kemmenate", which would refer to a fortified House on the old road from Bad Ems into the Westerwald. ^[2]

References

Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Allendorf Altendiez Arzbach Attenhausen Auel Aull Bad Ems Balduinstein Becheln Berg Berghausen Berndroth Bettendorf Biebrich Birlenbach Bogel Bornich Braubach Bremberg Buch Burgschwalbach Charlottenberg Cramberg Dachsenhausen Dahlheim Dausenau Dessighofen Dienethal Diethardt Diez Dörnberg Dornholzhausen Dörscheid Dörsdorf Ebertshausen Ehr Eisighofen Endlichhofen Eppenrod Ergeshausen Eschbach Fachbach Filsen Flacht Frücht Geilnau Geisig Gemmerich Gückingen Gutenacker Hahnstätten Hainau Hambach Heistenbach Herold Himmighofen Hirschberg Holzappel Holzhausen an der Haide Holzheim Hömberg Horhausen Hunzel Isselbach Kaltenholzhausen Kamp-Bornhofen Kasdorf Katzenelnbogen Kaub Kehlbach Kemmenau Kestert Klingelbach Kördorf Lahnstein Langenscheid Laurenburg Lautert Lierschied Lipporn Lohrheim Lollschied Lykershausen Marienfels Miehlen Miellen Misselberg Mittelfischbach Mudershausen Nassau Nastätten Netzbach Niederbachheim Niederneisen Niedertiefenbach Niederwallmenach Nievern Nochern Oberbachheim Oberfischbach Oberneisen Obernhof Obertiefenbach Oberwallmenach Oberwies Oelsberg Osterspai Patersberg Pohl Prath Reckenroth Reichenberg Reitzenhain Rettershain Rettert Roth Ruppertshofen Sankt Goarshausen Sauerthal Scheidt Schiesheim Schönborn Schweighausen Seelbach Singhofen Steinsberg Strüth Sulzbach Wasenbach Weidenbach Weinähr Weisel Welterod Weyer Winden Winterwerb Zimmerschied