Kaltenborn

Kaltenborn is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geography

Kaltenborn is located in the center of the High Eifel region at the foot of the Hohe Acht, the 747 m above sea level. NN highest point in the Eifel, in the midst of a hilly landscape with large expanses of forest. Due to the scenic location of the place is also influenced by tourism. To Kaltenborn include the districts Jammelshofen, Herschbach and high- Eight and residential places Hotel Hohe Acht, Mühlenhof and Rosenhof.

History

On 7 November 1970, until then independent municipality Jammelshofen was incorporated into Kaltenborn.

The development of the population, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Kaltenborn consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Others

On December 22, 1982 crashed a fighter aircraft of the U.S.. Air Force from Bitburg from at Herschbach. The pilot, Jeffrey Roether, was killed in the crash.