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Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the district seat and also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun.

Daun
Town
Location of Daun within Vulkaneifel district
Daun
Daun
Coordinates: 50°11′55″N 6°49′55″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictVulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Daun
Subdivisions8
Government
  Mayor (201924) Friedhelm Marder[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total48.97 km2 (18.91 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total8,001
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54550
Dialling codes06592
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitewww.stadt-daun.de
Aerial view of Daun
Aerial view of Daun

Geography



Location


The town lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. Daun lies south of the High Eifel on the river Lieser. Found from 2.5 to 3.5 km southeast of Daun’s town centre are the Dauner Maare, a group of three volcanic lakes separated almost wholly by only the walls of tuff between them. The town is home to the Eifel-Vulkanmuseum. Daun is furthermore a spa town and has mineral water springs.


Constituent communities


The district seat of Daun has 8,514 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2005, counting only those with their main residence in the town). Besides the main town, also called Daun (4,264 inhabitants), the municipal area also includes these outlying centres (Stadtteile) that were formerly self-administering municipalities:

CentrePopulationamalgamated
Boverath5647 June 1969
Gemünden2151 April 1938
Neunkirchen5477 June 1969
Pützborn1,1297 June 1969
Rengen4387 November 1970
Steinborn4107 November 1970
Waldkönigen6997 November 1970
Weiersbach25110 June 1979

History


The first settlement in the area came as early as the 7th century BC by which time the Celts had settled the fortified basalt mountain in Daun. The Romans, too, used this prominent hill in the Lieser valley as a watch post, as witnessed by Roman finds. The placename may have come from the Celtic-Roman word Dunum, meaning either “fence” or “fortified heights”, that is to say, a fort.

In the late 10th century, a castle complex belonging to the free Lords of Daun arose here. In 1075, Daun had its first documentary mention in a townsman named Adalbero de Duna.

In 1163, the free lords’ family died out. One of the family’s ministeriales, Richardus de Duna, took over his former Lord’s name and even the coat of arms with the Daun fretting. In 1337, Daun is mentioned for the first time as being a town. In 1346 came a grant of town rights along with market rights, and Daun became at the same time the location of a high court.

In 1712, the Electoral-Trier Amtshaus was built by the Elector of Trier and Archbishop Karl-Josef on the Burgberg ("Castle Mountain"). After a transitory occupation by the French beginning in 1794, the village passed in 1815 to the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1817, Daun became seat of the district and an Amt mayoralty, and also at the same time a district administrator’s seat. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Beginning in 1951, Daun could once more call itself a town.

Daun in winter
Daun in winter
Daun in summer
Daun in summer

On 15 May 1895, Daun was linked to the German railway network with the Eifelquerbahn (Cross Eifel Railway). On 1 December 1909, a further railway line, the Maare-Mosel-Bahn to Wittlich came into service. All public rail transport, however, ended in Daun more than a decade ago, although a two-hourly daytime service for tourists has been running in the summertime since 2005 on part of the Eifelquerbahn. The Maare-Mosel-Bahn, on the other hand, was torn up about a decade ago and has since become the Maare-Mosel-Radweg, a cycle path.

In 1965, Daun became a garrison town, housing at the Heinrich Hertz Barracks, among others, two signal corps units and one signals intelligence unit.


Politics



Town council


The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 25. May 2014, and the mayor as chairman.


Mayor


Daun’s mayor is Friedhelm Marder (CDU).[1]


Coat of arms


The town’s arms might be described thus: Or fretty gules.

The arms now borne by the town are the ones once borne by the Lords of Daun, and date from the 13th century. When the Lords died out, the town passed to the Electorate of Trier, thus explaining the Cross of Trier that appeared in seals dating from the 16th and following centuries. The current arms, however, are the Lords’ original ones.

The Armorial Wijnbergen, dating from c. 1270 - c. 1285, includes Ferry II of Daun, lord of Oberstein (blazon: Argent fretty sable).[3]


Town partnerships


Daun fosters partnerships with the following places:


Culture and sightseeing


Gemünd Maar [de], Weinfeld Maar [de] and Schalkenmehren Maar [de].
Gemünd Maar [de], Weinfeld Maar [de] and Schalkenmehren Maar [de].
Railway viaduct in Daun, 2006
Railway viaduct in Daun, 2006

Natural monuments


A maar is a broad-low relief volcanic crater often filled with rainwater. Tuff rings sometimes surround a maar. There are many in the Volcanic Eifel.


Buildings


Daun, Burg Daun monumental zone: former Electoral-Trier Amtshaus
Daun, Burg Daun monumental zone: former Electoral-Trier Amtshaus
Daun, Bahnhofstraße: former railway station
Daun, Bahnhofstraße: former railway station
Daun, Mehrener Straße: five-arched railway viaduct
Daun, Mehrener Straße: five-arched railway viaduct
Daun, Wirichstraße: Saint Nicholas’s Catholic Parish Church
Daun, Wirichstraße: Saint Nicholas’s Catholic Parish Church

Museums



Regular events



Economy and infrastructure



Established businesses



Bundeswehr


Near Daun are the Heinrich Hertz Barracks, which house, among other units:


Media


In Daun there are an “open channel” and local editions of the Trierischer Volksfreund, the Eifelzeitung and the Wochenspiegel. Daun also has a multiplex cinema, the Kinopalast Vulkaneifel.


Education


General:

Vocational:

Special schools:

Other schools:


Clubs


Sport:


Transport


Former railway station building on the Eifelquerbahn in Daun
Former railway station building on the Eifelquerbahn in Daun

Daun is linked to the Autobahn A 1. Also, Bundesstraßen 421 and 257 lead through the town. The town is linked to the railway network through the railway station on the Cross Eifel Railway (Eifelquerbahn), running from Gerolstein to Andernach, but the line is currently closed between Kaisersesch and Gerolstein, including through Daun.


Notable people



Further reading



References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. Timms, Brian. "The Armorial Wijnbergen". Rolls of Arms. Archived from the original on 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  4. Partnerschaft zwischen der Gemeinde Carisolo (Trentino/Italien) und der Stadt Daun. Archived 2012-09-15 at archive.today



На других языках


[de] Daun

Daun ist eine Kleinstadt in der Eifel. Sie ist Sitz der Kreisverwaltung des Landkreises Vulkaneifel in Rheinland-Pfalz sowie ein heilklimatischer und Kneippkurort.[2] Gemäß Landesplanung ist die Stadt Daun als Mittelzentrum ausgewiesen[3] und besitzt Funktionen als Behörden-, Schul-, Versorgungs- und Tourismusort sowie als Garnisonsstadt.
- [en] Daun, Germany

[ru] Даун (город)

Даун (нем. Daun) — город в Германии основанный в 1779 году, районный центр, курорт, расположен в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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