Sankt Augustin

Sankt Augustin (Ripuarian: Sank Aujustin) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current town centre in 1913. The municipality of Sankt Augustin was established in 1969, and on September 6, 1977 Sankt Augustin acquired town privileges (German: Stadtrechte).[3] Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km northeast of Bonn and three km southwest of Siegburg.

Sankt Augustin
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Sankt Augustin
Location of Sankt Augustin within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
Sankt Augustin  is located in Germany
Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin  is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin
Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictRhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions8
Government
  Mayor (202025) Max Leitterstorf[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total34.22 km2 (13.21 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
  Total56,369
  Density1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
53757
Dialling codes02241
Vehicle registrationSU
Websitewww.sankt-augustin.de

Mayors

Birlinghoven Castle
  • 1969–1984: Karl Gatzweiler (CDU)
  • 1989–1994: Wilfried Wessel (CDU)
  • 1994–1995: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1995: Hans Jaax (SPD) (temporary)
  • 1995–1999: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1999–2020: Klaus Schumacher (CDU)
  • Since 2020: Max Leitterstorf (CDU)

Twin towns – sister cities

Sankt Augustin is twinned with:[4]

Government organizations

  • West Regional Command German Federal Police (Bundespolizei), headquarter of the Police tactical unit GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
  • Logistics of unified armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr)
  • Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance
  • The „Zwischenarchiv Sankt Augustin-Hangelar“; one of the two "interim deposit" branches of the Bundesarchiv (the other one located at Hoppegarten near Berlin), used for temporary storage of federal government documents

Notable people

  • Erich Hampe (1889–1978), army officer, died here
  • Helmut Rohde (1925–2016), politician (SPD), died here
  • Gábor Benedek (born 1927), Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic champion, lives here
  • Klaus Förster (1933–2009), tax fraud investigator in Sankt Augustin
  • Klaus Kinkel (1936–2019), lawyer and politician (FDP), died here
  • Ute Kircheis-Wessel (born 1953), fencer, Olympic winner, works here
  • Bettina Bähr-Losse (born 1967), politician (SPD) and former member of the Bundestag, works here
  • Oliver Masucci (born 1968), actor, grew up in Mülldorf
  • Luciana Diniz (born 1970), Brazilian horsewoman, lives here

References

  1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. Augustin, Stadt Sankt (2019-03-01). "Unsere Stadt". Content Management System (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. "Unsere Partnerstädte im Ausland". sankt-augustin.de (in German). Sankt Augustin. Retrieved 2021-03-19.


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