Image Coa: | DEU Hümmel COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.4614°N 6.7783°W |
Image Plan: | Hümmel in AW.svg |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Ahrweiler |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Adenau |
Elevation: | 414 |
Area: | 15.84 |
Postal Code: | 53520 |
Area Code: | 02694 |
Licence: | AW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 31 033 |
Mayor: | Demian Taschenmacher[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Bürgermeistertitel: | Ortsbürgermeister |
Hümmel is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality has a forest of ancient beeches. It employs the forester and author Peter Wohlleben, who operates an ecologically sensitive burial ground there to generate funds for maintenance and protection of the forest.[2] He gives talks and publishes books to increase public understanding of trees and their interdependence.[3]