Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

It is the district seat

and also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun.

Contents

 1Geography
o 1.1Location

o 1.2Constituent communities

 2History

 3Politics

o 3.1Town council

o 3.2Mayor

o 3.3Coat of arms

o 3.4Town partnerships

 4Culture and sightseeing

o 4.1Natural monuments

o 4.2Buildings

o 4.3Museums

o 4.4Regular events

 5Economy and infrastructure

o 5.1Established businesses

o 5.2Bundeswehr

o 5.3Media

o 5.4Education

o 5.5Clubs

o 5.6Transport

 6Notable people

 7Further reading

 8References

 9External links

Geography[edit]
Location[edit]
The town lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical
and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up
from the earth. Daun lies south of the High Eifel on the river Lieser. Found from 2.5 to 3.5 km
southeast of Daun’s town centre are the Dauner Maare, a group of three volcanic lakes
separated almost wholly by only the walls of tuff between them. The town is home to the Eifel-
Vulkanmuseum. Daun is furthermore a spa town and has mineral water springs.

Constituent communities[edit]
The district seat of Daun has 8,514 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2005, counting only those
with their main residence in the town). Besides the main town, also called Daun (4,264
inhabitants), the municipal area also includes these outlying centres (Stadtteile) that were
formerly self-administering municipalities:

Centre Population amalgamated

Boverath 564 7 June 1969

Gemünden 215 1 April 1938

Neunkirchen 547 7 June 1969

Pützborn 1,129 7 June 1969

Rengen 438 7 November 1970

Steinborn 410 7 November 1970

Waldkönigen 699 7 November 1970

Weiersbach 251 10 June 1979

History[edit]
The first settlement in the area came as early as the 7th century BC by which time the Celts had
settled the fortified basalt mountain in Daun. The Romans, too, used this prominent hill in the
Lieser valley as a watch post, as witnessed by Roman finds. The placename may have come
from the Celtic-Roman word Dunum, meaning either “fence” or “fortified heights”, that is to say, a
fort.
In the late 10th century, a castle complex belonging to the free Lords of Daun arose here. In
1075, Daun had its first documentary mention in a townsman named Adalbero de Duna.
In 1163, the free lords’ family died out. One of the family’s ministeriales, Richardus de Duna, took
over his former Lord’s name and even the coat of arms with the Daun fretting. In 1337, Daun is
mentioned for the first time as being a town. In 1346 came a grant of town rights along with
market rights, and Daun became at the same time the location of a high court.