Wachtberg is a municipality (20,331 inhabitants end 2020) in the Rhein-Sieg district, of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, south of Bonn. The municipality was formed 1969 as a merger of 13 villages. The town-hall is in the village of Berkum, approximately in the center of the area. The Rodderberg mountain is in the east of the Wachtberg district.
The municipality is named after another volcanic mountain, the Wachtberg, (extinct for 25 million years, now with a height of 258 m).
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Historically, the area was in the Rhineland province of Prussia.
Postmarks in Germany
ADENDORF
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Adendorf is one of 13 districts of the municipality of Wachtberg in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia. Until the municipal reorganization in 1969, Adendorf was a municipality belonging to the Meckenheim office in what was then the district of Bonn. The place is known for its traditional pottery ("Töpferort Adendorf").
Allied Occupation
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Postmarks in German Empire
Postmarks in North German Confederation (1868-1871)
Postmarks in Prussia Rhineland province
The BERKUM post office opened in January 1866, 'Kreis Bonn.