What is Berndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate?
{{Infobox German location |name = Berndorf |image_coa = DEU Berndorf (Eifel) COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|18|20|N|6|42|02|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan =Berndorf in DAU.svg |state = Rhineland-Palatinate |district = Vulkaneifel |Verbandsgemeinde = Gerolstein |elevation = 485 |area = 9.14 |population = 539<!-- Bitte nicht per Hand aktualisieren: [[Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Kommunen_und_Landkreise_in_Deutschland/Einwohnerzahlen]] --> |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 54578 |area_code = 06593 |licence = DAU |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 2 33 005 |website = [http://www.berndorf-vulkaneifel.de/ www.berndorf-vulkaneifel.de] |mayor = Egon Klaes |Bürgermeistertitel = Ortsbürgermeister }} [[File:Berndorf Kirche.jpg|thumb|Fortress church]] '''Berndorf''' is an ''[[Ortsgemeinde]]'' – a [[municipality]] belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]''. It is a kind of collective municipality – in the [[Vulkaneifel]] [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It belongs to the [[Gerolstein (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gerolstein]], whose seat is in the [[Gerolstein|like-named town]]. == Geography == === Location === Berndorf lies between [[Hillesheim]] and [[Kerpen]], southwest of the latter in the [[Vulkan Eifel|Vulkaneifel]]. == Politics == === Municipal council === The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/2330300500.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref> == Famous people == [[Anton Schütz]] (born 19 April 1894 in Berndorf, died 6 October 1977), well-known artist in New York<ref>[http://www.jahrbuch-vulkaneifel.de/VT/hjb1984/hjb1984.40.htm Jahrbuch 1984, Vulkaneifelkreis] {{webarchive |url=ht