Boos, Mayen-Koblenz Explained

Boos
Image Coa:Wappen der Ortsgemeinde Boos.png
Coordinates:50.3131°N 7.0194°W
Image Plan:Boos in MYK.PNG
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Mayen-Koblenz
Verbandsgemeinde:Vordereifel
Elevation:470
Area:10.38
Postal Code:56729
Area Code:02656
Licence:MYK
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 37 014
Website:www.boos-eifel.de
Mayor:Ulrich Faßbender[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Boos is a municipality in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Geography

The parish lies in the East Eifel, a mountain region characterised by volcanic maars and covers an area of 10.38 km², of which 5.02 km² are forest. In 2000, a nature reserve was established, the Booser Maar, with an area of 1.52 km².

Boos is the westernmost municipality of the county of Mayen-Koblenz and lies in the Volcanic Eifel, around five kilometres southeast of the Nürburgring racetrack. Northwest of the village is the Eifel Tower, erected in 2003, on the 557-metre-high hill of Schneeberg with views over the local area including the Booser Doppelmaar, a double maar.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1370000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz