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.
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.