Obere Kyll
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Obere Kyll is a Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") in the district Vulkaneifel, in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
. It is situated on the upper course of the river Kyll
, approx. 55 km south-west of Bonn
. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Jünkerath.
The Verbandsgemeinde Obere Kyll consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
("collective municipality") in the district Vulkaneifel, in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated on the upper course of the river Kyll
Kyll
The Kyll , noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis, is a 142km long river in western Germany , left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows generally south through the towns Stadtkyll, Gerolstein, Kyllburg and east of Bitburg...
, approx. 55 km south-west of Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Jünkerath.
The Verbandsgemeinde Obere Kyll consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
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