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Erftstadt
Town
The old courthouse in Erftstadt-Lechenich
The old courthouse in Erftstadt-Lechenich
Coat of arms of Erftstadt
Coat of arms
Location of Erftstadt within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
Mettmann (district)Rhein-Erft-KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHeinsberg (district)Rhein-Kreis NeussCologneWesselingRhein-Sieg-KreisDüren (district)Euskirchen (district)PulheimBergheimErftstadtHürthKerpenBedburgBrühlFrechenElsdorf
Erftstadt is located in Germany
Erftstadt
Erftstadt
Erftstadt is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Erftstadt
Erftstadt
Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°46′E / 50.817°N 6.767°E / 50.817; 6.767
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionCologne
DistrictRhein-Erft-Kreis
Subdivisions18
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Carolin Weitzel[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total49,667
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
50374
Dialling codes02235
Vehicle registrationBM
Websitewww.erftstadt.de

Erftstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁftˌʃtat] ⓘ) 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.

A landslide during the 2021 European floods led to the collapse of several houses.[3]

Coat of arms

In green are one silver/white left flank bar and on the right border of the shield two golden/yellow squares. The green ground expresses the nature and the health. The silver flank bar represents the river Erft. The right side looks like an "E" for Erftstadt. The yellow squares represent the biggest villages Lechenich and Liblar. The coat of arms was designed by Josef Günterberg from Berlin. The town got it as an official coat of arms on 15 March 1974.

Geography

Erftstadt is located 25 km north-west of Bonn. Its height ranges from 81 to 151 metres above sea level. The following towns and municipalities border on Erftstadt:

Education

In Erftstadt are five further schools: two gymnasiums, two Realschulen and one Hauptschule. In Lechenich are the Theodor-Heuss-Schule, the only Hauptschule in Erftstadt. There also are the Realschule Lechenich and the Gymnasium Lechenich. The Realschule "Gottfried-Kinkel-Realschule" and the Gymnasium Ville-Gymnasium are located in Liblar. The only private school in Erftstadt, the Freie Waldorfschule Erftstadt, can be found in Liblar too. It is a primary and a secondary school. There are seven primary schools in Erftstadt:

The TH Köln plans to have a new faculty for Spatial development and infrastructure systems in Erftstadt. There is one music school called Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Musikschule in Liblar.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Erftstadt is twinned with:[4]

Wards of Erftstadt

The town of Erftstadt consists of the following 14 Stadtbezirke (in brackets: population, 2023/03/01)

Most of the town administration is in Liblar, the most populous Stadtbezirk. The second-most populous Stadtbezirk is Lechenich.

Notable people

Coat of arms of the family Wolff von Metternich
St. Alban
Carl Schurz
Joseph Kentenich
Hennes Weisweiler
Peter Mittelstaedt (right) with Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (left)
Heinz Küpper, Landtag election 1990
Herbert Feuerstein
Cornelius Bormann
Michael Breuer
Lukas Klünter (2019)

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Death toll rises above 100 in German floods — as it happened | DW | 17.07.2021". Deutsche Welle.
  4. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". erftstadt.de (in German). Erftstadt. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

External links

Towns in Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Authority control databases
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