Kop Nück, also called Am Kopnück, is a small
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation
*Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money
*Settlement (litigatio ...
, which belongs to the town of
Bad Münstereifel
Bad Münstereifel () is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen (district), Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far southwest of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The little town is one of on ...
in the district of
Euskirchen
Euskirchen (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Öskerche'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Euskirchen (district), district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating ba ...
in the German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
.
Location
Kop Nück lies 1.3 km south-southwest of
Mahlberg
Mahlberg (; ) is a city in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 8 km southwest of Lahr,
near the Europa-Park Rust. It is about north of Freiburg im Breisgau and south of Strasbourg.
It is in the Upper R ...
and 2 km (both
as the crow flies
The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points.
Etymology
The meaning of the expression is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in the Charles Dickens novel ''Oliver Twist'' (1838):
...
) southeast of
Schönau, which are also part of Bad Münstereifel's borough. It is surrounded by the Schönau Forest (''Schönauer Wald'') and the hill of
Kopnück (514.4 m) to the west. Roughly to the north of this hamlet, which lies at elevations of 440 to , runs the ''
Landesstraße
''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'' ) are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are road ...
165'' in the valley of the
Krumesbach from
Esch, through Mahlberg to Schönau. To the south is the state border with
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
.
References
External links
Home page of Bad Münstereifel
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Euskirchen (district)