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.

Not to be confused with Saint-Augustin (disambiguation) or Saint Augustine.
Sankt Augustin
Town
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Sankt Augustin
Coat of arms
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 (2020–25) 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
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

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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