Wellenstein
Wellenstein
Wellesteen | |
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Former commune | |
Map of Luxembourg with Wellenstein highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates: 49°31′25″N 6°20′30″E / 49.5236°N 6.3417°E | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Canton | Remich |
| commune | Schengen |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | wellenstein.lu |
Wellenstein (Luxembourgish: Wellesteen) is a small town in southeastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Remich, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher.
It used to be a commune with its administrative centre at Bech-Kleinmacher, until it was merged into Schengen (along with Burmerange) in 2011.
As of 2024, the town of Wellenstein, had a population of 684.
On 25 October 2005, members of the pan-European organisation Cultural Village of Europe offered a declaration on village life to the European Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel in Wellenstein. This "Declaration of Wellenstein" lists qualities of life in small communities.