Lampaden

Lampaden is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village is over a thousand years old and acquired grazing rights in the year 1036. The area was already populated in Celtic and Roman times.

Lampaden
Coat of arms
Location of Lampaden within Trier-Saarburg district
Lampaden
Lampaden
Coordinates: 49°38′55″N 6°42′7″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictTrier-Saarburg
Municipal assoc.Saarburg-Kell
Government
  MayorMartin Marx (CDU)
Area
  Total8.16 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
  Total562
  Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
54316
Dialling codes06588
Vehicle registrationTR
Websitelampaden.de

During World War II, the only two operational V3 cannons used to bombard Luxembourg were installed in a wooded ravine of the Ruwer River at Lampaden about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Trier. The village was heavily damaged in early March 1945 during a German counterattack.

References

  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.


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