Erftstadt
Erftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft. Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829, as was Joseph Kentenich, a Catholic Priest of the Pallottine order and founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, on 16 November 1885. He is also remembered as a thinker, theologian, and educationalist.
Erftstadt | |
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 The courthouse in Erftstadt | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Erftstadt within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district  | |
  Erftstadt  Erftstadt | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°46′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Rhein-Erft-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 18 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Volker Erner (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 50,010 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 50374 |
| Dialling codes | 02235 |
| Vehicle registration | BM |
| Website | www.erftstadt.de |
Twin towns – sister cities
Wokingham, England, United Kingdom (1977)
Viry-Châtillon, France (1980)
Jelenia Góra, Poland (1995)
Wards of Erftstadt
Personalities
Carl Schurz
- Carl Schurz (1829–1906), politician and first German-born cabinet secretary (Secretary of the Interior 1877–1881) in the US
- Jean Bungartz (1854–1934), animal artist, specialist author, photographer, breeder, lived from 1886 to 1913 in Lechenich
- Josef Kentenich (1885–1968), founder of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), composer, born in Bliesheim
- Hennes Weisweiler (1919–1983), football coach, born in Lechenich
- Manfred Donike (1933–1995), cyclist, chemist and well-known doping investigator
- Manfred Donike (1960–2003), cyclist and functionary
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- "Städtepartnerschaften". erftstadt.de (in German). Erftstadt. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
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