Unkel is a town in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, near Remagen, about 20 km southeast of Bonn.
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Coordinates: 50°36′03″N 07°12′54″E / 50.60083°N 7.21500°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Neuwied |
Municipal assoc. | Unkel |
Subdivisions | 3 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Gerhard Hausen[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 8.16 km2 (3.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,038 |
• Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 53572 |
Dialling codes | 02224 |
Vehicle registration | NR |
Website | www.unkel.de (in English) |
Unkel is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Unkel.
Unkel is mainly Roman Catholic. Approximately 55% of the inhabitants are Roman Catholic, and 15% Protestant. 18% of the residents do not belong to a religious denomination, 8% are Muslim.
The town is located at the edge of the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park in the middle of the Rhine Valley, its centre is about 4 km away from the border to North Rhine-Westphalia.
Unkel is surrounded from north to south by the settlements of Rheinbreitbach, Bruchhausen, Windhagen, Linz, Erpel, and Remagen.
Unkel has three subdistricts: Unkel, Scheuren and Heister.
The most important sight is the "Freiligrathaus", which is located at the Rhine promenade. It is a baroque palace, built in 1760. Ferdinand Freiligrath lived there from 1839 until 1841.
The rich-featured Catholic parish church "St. Pantaleon" accommodates a feretory (a receptacle for the relics of saints). Additionally, most of the old town wall is well preserved.