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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Köln

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
18,449 (31 Dec 2010)

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Euskirchen

Postal codes
  
53902

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:52 AM


Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 77% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Apotheken‑Museum Bad Mün, Hürten‑Museum, Michelsberg, Aremberg, Mammutbaum

Bad mu nstereifel geschichte city outlet rhein eifel tv


Bad Münstereifel is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far south of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The little town is one of only few historical towns in the very south of North Rhine-Westphalia, and because of this is often overcrowded by tourists throughout Spring and Summer.

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Education

Bad Münstereifel is the seat of SIGNO innovation society Eifel Association, Association of the greatest inventors in Germany. Signo is a project of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Joined the Association is a youth and children's department, may acquire in the children and young people in a club's workshop, the basic knowledge of technology.

Bad Münstereifel has four elementary schools in the central city as well as the districts Arloff, Mutscheid, and Houverath. A Hauptschule and Realschule share facilities, while the city has two Gymnasium: the public St. Michael-Gymnasium and the diocesan-run St.-Angela-Gymnasium. Furthermore, the Apostolic school of the Legionaries of Christ has its seat in the city.

Since 1976, the city is also home to its own urban community college, with a specialty in law-related professions. There are also several private training facilities in the city, including the Kurt-Schumacher-Academy of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the House of Labor Security of the Trade Association for Electrical and Precision Engineering. There is also a house of the Youth Red Cross as an educational facility for the National Association (North Division).

Bad Münstereifel has a public library with a stock of 16,000 media.

Local council

The local council has 32 seats, the elections were held in May 2014.

  • CDU: 12 seats
  • SPD: 8 seats
  • FDP: 4 seats
  • UWV: 4 seats
  • Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats
  • The Left: 1 seat
  • Notable people and gatherings

    As of 2013 the folk-singer Heino (born 1938) has lived in the town. From 1996–2012 he operated a cafe there.

    Friedrich Joseph Haass, (1780–1853), the "holy doctor of Moscow", was born in Bad Münstereifel.

    The unofficial Nintendo fan convention, NCON, was held in the town's St.-Angela-Gymnasium in the early years of the 21st century.

    The Portuguese Socialist Party, one of the two main Portuguese parties, was founded here in 1973 with the guidance of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who wanted to create a political force which will be able to keep Portugal a member of the NATO.

    Other personalities associated with the town

  • Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009), politician, former Bundesminister für Wirtschaft (Minister of Economic Affairs) and chairman of the FDP, lived in the district of Eschweiler.
  • International relations

    Bad Münstereifel is twinned with:

  • Ashford, United Kingdom
  • Fougères, France.
  • References

    Bad Münstereifel Wikipedia