- Gerolstein
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_Gerolstein.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 13 |lat_sec = 26
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 39 |lon_sec = 41
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis = Vulkaneifel
Verbandsgemeinde = Gerolstein
Höhe = 358
Fläche = 64.33
Einwohner = 7581
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 54568
Vorwahl = 06591
Kfz = DAU
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 33 026
Adresse-Verband = Kyllweg 1
54568 Gerolstein
Straße = Kyllweg 1
Website = [http://www.gerolsteiner-land.de/ www.gerolsteiner-land.de]
Bürgermeister = Karl-Heinz Schwartz
Partei = CDUGerolstein is a municipality and health resort in western
Germany . It is part of the district of Vulkaneifel (formerly the district of Daun), in the stateRhineland-Palatinate . Gerolstein is the seat of the "Verbandsgemeinde " ("collective municipality") Gerolstein.It is attractively situated on the river
Kyll , in theEifel mountains, approximately 350meter s above the sea. Gerolstein is connected by rail withCologne andTrier . The castle of Gerolstein, known locally as Burg Gerhardstein, built in 1115 and now in ruins, affords a fine view of the Kyll valley. Gerolstein is celebrated for itslithia water s, which are bottled byGerolsteiner Brunnen , sponsor ofroad bicycle racing 'sTeam Gerolsteiner . Gerolsteiner Sprudel (mineral water) is also exported.Fictional country
Gerolstein is also the name of a fictional country in
Central Europe , a subject ofJacques Offenbach 's "opéra bouffe" "la Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein " (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein).
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