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 | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lampaden within Trier-Saarburg district  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°38′55″N 6°42′7″E / 49.64861°N 6.70194°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Trier-Saarburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Saarburg-Kell |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Martin Marx[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.16 km2 (3.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 557 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54316 |
| Dialling codes | 06588 |
| Vehicle registration | TR |
| Website | lampaden.de |
During World War II, the only two operational V3 cannons used to bombard Luxembourg were installed in a wooded ravine of the river Ruwer at Lampaden about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Trier. The village was heavily damaged in early March 1945 during a German counterattack.
Lampaden has 599 inhabitants (as of 2016).[3] These include 279 men (49 %) and 288 women (51%).