Erftstadt
Erftstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁftˌʃtat] (
listen)) 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 that flows through it, the Erft. The neighbouring towns are Brühl, Kerpen, Zülpich and Weilerswist.
Erftstadt | |
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 The old courthouse in Erftstadt-Lechenich | |
 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 (2020–25) | Carolin Weitzel[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 49,667 |
| • Density | 410/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 |
A landslide during the 2021 European floods led to the collapse of several houses.[3]
Education
In Erftstadt are four further schools: two gymnasiums and two Realschulen. The largest gymnasium is the Ville-Gymnasium-Erftstadt, also known as VGE.
Twin towns – sister cities
Wokingham, England, United Kingdom (1977)
Viry-Châtillon, France (1980)
Jelenia Góra, Poland (1995)
The party Alliance 90/ The Greens applies for becoming a sister city of the Ukrainian city Ternopil, just as Jelenia Góra is, in the city council.[5]
Wards of Erftstadt
The town of Erftstadt consists of the following 17 Stadtbezirke:
Most of the town administration is in Liblar, the most populous Stadtbezirk. The second-most populous Stadtbezirk is Lechenich.
Notable people
- 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
- Ismail Jakobs, soccer player
References
- Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- "Death toll rises above 100 in German floods — as it happened | DW | 17.07.2021". Deutsche Welle.
- "Städtepartnerschaften". erftstadt.de (in German). Erftstadt. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- "Fraktions Grün // Grüne beantragen eine Städtepartnerschaft mit der Stadt Ternopil im Westen der Ukraine | Bündnis 90/Die GrünenBündnis 90/Die Grünen".
