Country Germany District Trier-Saarburg Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 8.16 km² Population 551 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06588 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Elevation 420 m (1,380 ft) Postal codes 54316 Local time Sunday 4:23 AM Postal code 54316 Municipal assoc. Kell am See | |
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Lampaden is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The village is over a thousand years old and acquired grazing rights in the year 1036. The area was already populated in Celtic and Roman times.
Map of Lampaden, Germany
During World War II, the only two operational V3 cannons used to bombard Luxembourg were installed in a wooded ravine of the Ruwer River at Lampaden about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Trier. The village was heavily damaged in early March 1945 during a German counterattack.
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