Kemmenau

Kemmenau
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Kemmenau within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Ems
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Jachtenfuchs norbertjachtenfuchs@t-online.de
Area
• Total	3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	517
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56132
Dialling codes	02603
Vehicle registration	EMS
Website	www.kemmenau.de

Kemmenau is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Although Kemmenau is already mentioned in 1320 and is maybe even some centuries older, the village grew together into a municipality only 1816/21 . The greater part had previously belonged Bad Ems, the smaller to the nearby Dausenau. Remarkable are also the prehistoric traces discoverable immediately behind the village, the still easily recognizable Roman Limes and a prehistoric circular entrenchment on the 'First'. The name derives perhaps from "Kemmenate", which would refer to a fortified House on the old road from Bad Ems into the Westerwald.