Veldenz

Veldenz
The village of Veldenz as seen from Veldenz Castle
Location of Veldenz within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Veldenz
Veldenz
Coordinates: 49°53′26″N 7°1′33″E / 49.89056°N 7.02583°E / 49.89056; 7.02583
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Bernkastel-Kues
Subdivisions2
Government
  Mayor (201924) Norbert Sproß
Area
  Total
14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
  Total
967
  Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54472
Dialling codes06534
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.veldenz.de

Veldenz is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the former main seat of the County of Veldenz, once a prominent principality to which belonged 120 villages and towns now in Rhineland-Palatinate and northern Alsace and Lorraine.