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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Cologne

Elevation
  
100 m (300 ft)

Population
  
50,553 (31 Dec 2010)

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Sunday 3:28 AM

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 70% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Naturparkzentrum Gymnicher Mühle, Château de Gracht, Falknerei Pierre Schmidt, Burg Lechenich

Erftstadt 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 which flows through it, the Erft. Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829 as was Joseph Kentenicha Catholic Priest of the Pallottine order and founder of the Schoenstatt Movement on 16 November 1885. He is also remembered as a thinker, theologian, and educationalist.

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Map of 50374 Erftstadt, Germany

International relations

Erftstadt is twinned with:

  • – Wokingham, United Kingdom (1977)
  • – Viry-Châtillon, France (1980)
  • – Jelenia Góra, Poland (1995)

    • Wards of Erftstadt

    1. Ahrem
    2. Blessem/Frauenthal
    3. Bliesheim
    4. Borr
    5. Dirmerzheim
    6. Erp
    7. Friesheim
    8. Gymnich
    9. Herrig
    10. Kierdorf
    11. Köttingen
    12. Lechenich
    13. Liblar
    14. Niederberg

    Personalities

  • Carl Schurz (1829-1906), politician and first German-born minister (Minister of the Interior 1877-1881) in the USA
  • Jean Bungartz (1854-1934), animal artist, specialist author, photographer, breeder, lived from 1886 to 1913 in Lechenich
  • Josef Kentenich (1885-1968), founder of the Schönstatt movement
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970), composer, born in Bliesheim
  • Hennes Weisweiler (1919-1983), football coach, born in Lechenich
  • Manfred Donike (1933-1995), cyclist, chemist and well-known doping investigator
  • Manfred Donike (1960-2003), cyclist and functionary

    • References

    Erftstadt Wikipedia
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