Kinheim

Geschichte

Kinheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies on the Middle Moselle’s left bank at Moselle kilometre 116. The outlying centre of Kindel lies on the right bank. The two centres are linked with each other by a bridge across the Moselle. The outlying centre of Sengwald is nestled in the Alf valley between Kinderbeuern and the settlement of Ürziger Bahnhof (“Ürzig Railway Station”). Just under half the municipal area is wooded. Kinheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.ClimateYearly precipitation in Kinheim amounts to 706 mm, falling into middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 41% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is 1.6 times what it is in February. Precipitation varies only minimally and is spread out quite evenly throughout the year. At only 3% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.