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Sankt Augustin

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Köln

Elevation
  
65 m (213 ft)

Population
  
55,442 (31 Dec 2010)

Postal code
  
53757

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:03 PM

Sankt Augustin

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 53% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn and three km south-west of Siegburg.

Contents

Map of 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany

Mayors

  • 1994–1995: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1995: Hans Jaax (SPD) (temporary)
  • 1995–1999: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1999–present: Klaus Schumacher (CDU)

    • International relations

    Sankt Augustin is twinned with:

  • Grantham, United Kingdom
  • Mevaseret Zion, Israel
  • Szentes, Hungary.

    • Government Organisations

  • West Regional Command German Federal Police, (Bundespolizei) headquarter of Border Guards, Group 9 GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
  • Logistics of unified armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr)
  • Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitsschutz – BGIA, the Occupational Institute for Work Safety

    • Personalities

  • Carl Adam Petri (1926-2010), computer scientist, led an institute in the GMD Research Center for Information Technology from 1968 to 1991
  • Klaus Kinkel (born 1936), lawyer and politician (FDP), former German Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs
  • Ute Wessel (born 1953), gold medal winner in fencing
  • Jörg Kuhn (born 1961), art historian, lived in St. Augustin from 1964 to 1984
  • Patricia Hanebeck (born 1986), born footballer, born and grew up in Sankt Augustin, former footballer of the ASV Sankt Augustin

    • References

    Sankt Augustin Wikipedia
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