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{{Infobox German location
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|state         = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district          = Vulkaneifel
|Verbandsgemeinde   = Gerolstein
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|area             = 11.07
|postal_code                = 54578
|area_code            = 02696
|licence                = DAU
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 33 229
|mayor             = Bernhard Jüngling<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/2330000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
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'''Nohn''' is an ''[[Ortsgemeinde (Germany)|Ortsgemeinde]]'' – a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'', a kind of collective municipality – in the [[Vulkaneifel]] [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It belongs to the [[Gerolstein (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gerolstein]], whose seat is in the [[Gerolstein|like-named town]].

== Geography ==

The municipality lies both in the [[Vulkan Eifel|Vulkaneifel]], a part of the [[Eifel]] known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features and even ongoing activity today, and in the Kalkeifel, another part of the Eifel characterized by [[limestone]] (''Kalkstein'' in [[German language|German]]). The municipality lies right on the boundary with [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and at the common point of three districts, [[Ahrweiler (district)|Ahrweiler]], [[Euskirchen (district)|Euskirchen]] and Vulkaneifel (until 31 December 2006 called Daun).

The nearest major centres within a 20&nbsp;km radius of Nohn are [[Adenau]], [[Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia|Blankenheim]], [[Daun, Germany|Daun]], [[Gerolstein]], [[Hillesheim]], [[Kelberg]] and [[Jünkerath]].

== History ==
The name “Nohn” is held to derive from the [[Latin]] phrase ''ad nonum lapidem'', meaning “at the ninth stone”, that is to say, at the ninth milestone on the old [[Roman roads|Roman road]] between [[Trier]] and [[Cologne]]. This, however, cannot be taken as serious historical information, for in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times, Nohn had not yet arisen. Nohn had its first documentary mention about 970 as the location of a [[chapel]].

In [[Feudalism|feudal]] times, Nohn belonged to the [[Electorate of Trier|Electoral-Trier]] ''[[Amt (country subdivision)|Amt]]'' of Daun. The knightly seat at Nohn was held for several centuries by the Lords of Hillesheim. The municipality's and the church's patron saint is [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin]]. This gives a clue as to a long church tradition in the village. As early as 970, a chapel in Nohn was named.<ref>[http://www.nohn-eifel.de/seite/geschichte.html Nohn’s history]</ref>

Until 30 September 1932, the municipality belonged to the Adenau district. This district, however, was abolished in the course of administrative reform. From 1 October 1932 to 6 November 1970, Nohn was part of the Ahrweiler district, and since 7 November 1970 it has belonged to the Daun district, whose name was changed on 1 January 2007 to Vulkaneifel.

== Politics ==

=== Municipal council ===
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/2330322900.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref>

=== Mayor ===
Nohn's mayor is Bernhard Jüngling.<ref name=mayor/>

=== Coat of arms ===
The municipality's [[Coat of arms|arms]] might be described thus: Per fess, Or a demi-eagle bicapitate displayed sable armed and langued gules, and azure a sword bendwise point to chief argent, hilted of the first.

The two-headed eagle in the upper part of the [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] refers to a relationship between the municipality and [[St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier|St. Maximin's Abbey]] in [[Trier]]. The ''Kapelle Noyn'' (“Nohn Chapel”) supposedly once belonged to the Abbey, according to a falsified, but presumably factually correct, document from 970. There is a further clue to a relationship between the two in a reference from 1759 that names the Abbey as the body with [[Tithe|tithing]] rights to the village. The lower half of the arms is [[charge (heraldry)|charge]]d with a sword, [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin's]] attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint.

== Culture and sightseeing ==

=== The Nohner ===

The ''Nohner'' is a [[motorcycle]] built as part of a limited series in the early 1920s by the Brothers Hoffmann in Nohn. The one on display on the premises of the firm Hoffmann-Reisen is the only one of these vehicles still in existence. It is driven by a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Villiers Engineering|Villiers]] [[engine]].

In 2005 and 2006, the Nohner was driven in the fourth and fifth [[Bad Münstereifel]] Ernst Neumann-Neander Memorial Roadtrip<!--That is a guess at what kind of “Fahrt” it is.-->.

=== Buildings ===
[[File:St Martin Nohn Eifel1.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Saint Martin's Parish Church]]
The Nohn parish church was built by Brother Nick from [[Solothurn]] as an [[aisleless church]] in 1781. The tower has its beginnings in the 16th century. The church is consecrated to [[Martin of Tours|Saint Martin of Tours]]. The [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] building has a high [[altar]] from the earlier half of the 17th century that, although altered a number of times, is still in very much its original condition. The [[confessional]]s and the [[pulpit]] come from the 18th century. The [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] [[organ (music)|organ]] was installed in 1868; it had been built in 1720 and used elsewhere. Before coming to Nohn, it had been at Saint Mathias's Abbey.

In the abutting graveyard stands a [[Crucifixion]] ''[[Bildstock]]'' from 1741. The church's entrance door, flanked by lions, bears a warriors’ memorial to the dead of the [[First World War]].<ref name="Denkmalliste">Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): ''[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Vulkaneifel.pdf Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Kreis Vulkaneifel]'' (PDF; 1,0 MB). Koblenz 2010, S. 22</ref>

Other listed buildings and structures in the municipality include the following:
* Bergstraße 10 – building with roof with half-hipped gables from 1802.
* Hauptstraße 33 – one-floor [[Timber framing|timber-frame]] house, partly solid, with [[knee wall]], possibly 18th century.
* Hauptstraße 38 – estate along street from 1807 (or perhaps 1804 – the last digit is unclear).
* Kirchstraße/corner of Zur Ley – wayside chapel, plastered building from 1861.
* Kirchstraße/corner of Hauptstraße – [[sandstone]] [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] [[Crucifixion]] ''[[Bildstock]]''.
* Ob der Insel 2 – timber-frame estate complex.
* Zur Ley 2 – house or residential part of an estate complex from 1816 (?), red sandstone gateway.
* Zur Ley 3 – one-and-a-half-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, sided, 18th/19th century.
* Nohner Mühle, southwest of the village on the Ahbach – former gristmill; house, 1778, barn, partly timber-frame from 1804.
* Wayside chapel near the Nohner Mühle, plastered building apparently from 1804.<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Vulkaneifel.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district]</ref>

=== Tourism ===
The municipality lies at the northeastern edge of the Hillesheim holiday region in the Vulkaneifel [[European Geoparks Network|European Geopark]], but is also surrounded by the Blankenheim an der Ahrquelle, Hocheifel-Nürburgring and Kelberg holiday regions. Given its favourable central location, Nohn is an ideal starting point for outings in all these holiday regions or to other points of interest in the [[Eifel]].

Through the municipality runs the “Geo-Path” of the [[Hillesheim (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hillesheim]], a local hiking loop as well as one of the [[Eifel Club]]'s hiking trails. Through the nearby Ahbach valley run the well known ''Eifel-Krimi-Wanderweg'' (“Eifel Crime Fiction Hiking Trail”), the ''[[Eifelsteig]]'' and the two cycle paths ''Kalkeifel-Radweg'' and ''Mineralquellen-Route'', the latter's name referring to mineral [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s.

=== Nearby points of interest ===
Worth seeing are a natural monument lying in the [[Üxheim]]-Ahütte municipal area, the Dreimühlen Waterfall, which draws its name from the nearby ruin of Dreimühlen, a [[basalt]] deposit on the Nohner Bach, the [[limekiln]] in the Üxheim-Niederehe municipal area (on the road from Nohn to Stroheich), the [[limestone]] crags in the Ahbach valley and the ruin of Neublankenheim near Üxheim-Ahütte.

Cycle paths in the area are the ''Ahrtal-Radweg'', the ''Kalkeifel-Radweg'' and the mountain bike path for cross-country riders that leads around the [[Nürburgring]].

== Economy and infrastructure ==

=== Transport ===
It is only a few kilometres over ''Landesstraße'' (State Road) 10 or 167 to ''[[Bundesstraße]]'' 258 ([[Aachen]]-[[Koblenz]]), over ''Landesstraße'' 68 to ''Bundesstraße'' 421 ([[Belgium|Belgian]] border-[[Hunsrück]]) or ''Landesstraße'' 70 to ''Bundesstraße'' 410 ([[Luxembourg]]ish border-[[Mayen]]).

After [[Bundesautobahn 1|A&nbsp;1]] is completed between the Blankenheim and Gerolstein [[interchange (road)|interchange]]s, the municipality will be reachable through the ''Adenau'' interchange.

=== Businesses ===
In the village centre is a small [[supermarket]] with a [[butcher]]’s shop. Not far from the village square is a small beverage dealer's shop. Also, there are two auto workshops/dealerships as well as an [[electrician]]’s business. On the village's outskirts (towards Adenau) are a woodworking business, a street improvement business and a bus company with a [[filling station]].

Several times each week, Nohn is visited by vending trucks selling baked goods and foods.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.nohn-eifel.de Municipality’s official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.nohner.de The Nohner] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100529220850/http://www.hillesheim.org/geopfad/gpindex.htm Geo-Path] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.eifelkrimi-wanderweg.de Eifelkrimi-Wanderweg] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.eifelsteig.de Eifelsteig] {{in lang|de}}

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