Schleiden
Town
Aerial view
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Schleiden within Euskirchen district
Schleiden Show map of Germany Schleiden Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°E / 50.53306; 6.46667Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°E / 50.53306; 6.46667
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Euskirchen
Government
• Mayor (2018–23)	Ingo Pfennings[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Elevation	456 m (1,496 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,956
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53937
Dialling codes	02445
Vehicle registration	EU, SLE
Website	www.schleiden.de

Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017.^[3] Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Cologne and Trier. The town consists of 18 settlements, the largest of which are Gemünd and Schleiden proper.

History

Mayors

^[4]

• 1972−1975: Max Fesenmeyer (independent)
• 1975−1984: Herbert Hermesdorf (1914-1999) (CDU)
• 1984−1995: Alois Sommer (CDU)
• 1995−1997: Dieter Wolter (CDU)
• 1997−2004: Christoph Lorbach (CDU)
• 2004−2012: Ralf Hergarten (independent)
• 2012–2018: Udo Meister (FDP)
• 2018– : Ingo Pfennings (CDU)

Education

There are the following schools in the city:

• Municipal High School
• Clara-Fey-High School, Schleiden (carrier is the diocese of Aachen)
• Municipal Secondary School
• Primary school
• Elementary school
• Elementary school Gemünd
• Elementary school Dreiborn
• Astrid Lindgren School, Schleiden

Schleiden castle aerial view

Public figures

Johannes Sleidanus

• Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507–1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and founder of the University of Strasbourg
• Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg
• Leopold Schoeller (1792–1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Gustav Poensgen (1824–1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Rudolf Poensgen (1826–1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce
• Carl Poensgen (1838–1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Larres Albert (1900–1987), painter
• Francis Albert Heinen (born 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
• George Schreiber (born 1958), photographer
• Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter