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Auel

Coordinates: 50°10′16″N 7°45′59″E / 50.17111°N 7.76639°E / 50.17111; 7.76639
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Auel
Coat of arms of Auel
Location of Auel within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Auel is located in Germany
Auel
Auel
Auel is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Auel
Auel
Coordinates: 50°10′16″N 7°45′59″E / 50.17111°N 7.76639°E / 50.17111; 7.76639
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Loreley
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ralph-Dietmar Seitz[1]
Area
 • Total
2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation
275 m (902 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
179
 • Density68/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56357
Dialling codes06771
Vehicle registrationEMS, DIZ, GOH

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

History

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In 1250 Auel was first documented as Owele. In 1437 Auel tax especially for wine was sold from the Counts of Helfenstein to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen for 60 guilder.[3]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World