Wawern
Wawern | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wawern
within Trier-Saarburg district  | |
 Location of Wawern | |
  Wawern  Wawern | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′12″N 6°33′0″E / 49.65333°N 6.55000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Trier-Saarburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Konz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Karl-Peter Binz[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 649 |
| • Density | 123/km2 (319/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54441 |
| Dialling codes | 06501 |
| Vehicle registration | TR |
| Website | www.wawern-saar.de |
Wawern is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
History
[edit]From 18 July 1946 to 6 June 1947 Wawern, in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the Saar Protectorate. Before World War II and the Holocaust, Wawern was home to a small Jewish community.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Wawern". Destroyed German Synagogues and Communities. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ Brocke, Michael (2007). Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner / Die Rabbiner der Emanzipationszeit in den deutschen, böhmischen und großpolnischen Ländern 1781-1871.
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