Mendig () is a small town in the district

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, in

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. It is situated approximately 6 km north-east of

Mayen Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...

, and 25 km west of

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. Mendig is the seat of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

'' ("collective municipality")

Mendig Mendig () is a small town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km north-east of Mayen, and 25 km west of Koblenz. Mendig is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective muni ...

. The popular rockfestival

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was held in Mendig in 2015 and 2016.

Personalities

Rosemarie Nitribitt Maria Rosalia Auguste Nitribitt (February 1, 1933 – October 29, 1957The exact time of day of her death was found to be unsatisfactorily determined during the trial for her murder. See Guido Golla: ''Rosemarie Nitribitt. Recherchen und Theo ...

(1933-1957), spent her childhood in foster care in the Mendig Kaplan-slip road *

Andrea Nahles Andrea Maria Nahles (born 20 June 1970) is a former German politician who has been the director of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) since 2022. Nahles is best known for having served as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from April 2 ...

(born 1970), politician, Member of Bundestag (SPD) and a former Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, was born in Mendig

References

External links

Official websiteVerbandsgemeinde Mendig
Mayen-Koblenz {{MayenKoblenz-geo-stub