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

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.

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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