Wahlenau
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Wahlenau | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wahlenau within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district  | |
  Wahlenau  Wahlenau | |
| Coordinates: 49°54′22″N 7°15′1″E / 49.90611°N 7.25028°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirchberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Barbara Müller[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 206 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55491 |
| Dialling codes | 06543 |
| Vehicle registration | SIM |
| Website | www |
Wahlenau is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Location
Wahlenau is a municipality in the Hunsrück, roughly 13 km west-southwest of Kirchberg and 3 km south of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The municipal area measures 4.46 km2, of which 1.78 km2 is wooded.
History
Witnessing early habitation in what is now Wahlenau is a group of Iron Age barrows in District 5 in the municipal forest. Archaeological finds from these are to be found at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. Roman potsherds are also found on the Via Ausonia (or Ausoniusstraße in German), which forms the southern municipal limit. According to a document from King Albrecht dated 27 October 1301, Count Johann II of Sponheim-Kreuznach held the Sohren Imperial fief, to which Wahlenau also belonged. Beginning in 1794, Wahlenau lay under French rule. In 1815, it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1961, the Evangelical church was built.
