Wellenstein | |
Native Name: | Wellesteen |
Native Name Lang: | lb |
Settlement Type: | Former commune |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Luxembourg |
Subdivision Type1: | Canton |
Subdivision Name1: | Remich |
Subdivision Type2: | commune |
Subdivision Name2: | Schengen |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | LAU 2 |
Website: | wellenstein.lu |
Wellenstein (Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Wellesteen) is a small town in southeastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Remich, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher.
It used to be a commune with its administrative centre at Bech-Kleinmacher, until it was merged into Schengen (along with Burmerange) in 2011.[1]
, the town of Wellenstein, had a population of 684.[2]
On 25 October 2005, members of the pan-European organisation Cultural Village of Europe offered a declaration on village life to the European Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel in Wellenstein. This "Declaration of Wellenstein" lists qualities of life in small communities.
The former commune consisted of the villages: