title: Wellenstein
text: # Wellenstein
  
  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 2005, the town of Wellenstein, had a population of 453.
  
  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.
  
  ## Former commune
  
  The former commune consisted of the villages:
  
  * Bech-Kleinmacher
  * Schwebsange
  * Wellenstein
  