Kreuzau
Appearance
Kreuzau | |
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Kreuzau Castle | |
Location of Kreuzau within Düren district | |
Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E / 50.75000°N 6.48306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Köln |
District | Düren |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Ingo Eßer[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 41.77 km2 (16.13 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 17,756 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 52372 |
Dialling codes | 02422, 02427, 02421 |
Vehicle registration | DN |
Website | www.kreuzau.de |
Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.
Geography
[edit]Neighbouring communities
[edit]Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.
Municipal subdivisions
[edit]The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):
- Bogheim
- Boich
- Drove
- Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
- Leversbach
- Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
- Stockheim
- Thum
- Üdingen
- Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
- Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)
In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.
Twin towns
[edit]Kreuzau is twinned with:
Obervellach, Austria
Plancoët, France
References
[edit]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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