Nohn

Geschichte

Nohn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hillesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies both in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features and even ongoing activity today, and in the Kalkeifel, another part of the Eifel characterized by limestone (Kalkstein in German). The municipality lies right on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia and at the common point of three districts, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen and Vulkaneifel (until 31 December 2006 called Daun).The nearest major centres within a 20 km radius of Nohn are Adenau, Blankenheim, Daun, Gerolstein, Hillesheim, Kelberg and Jünkerath.