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Kreuzau

Kreuzau
Coat of arms of Kreuzau
Coat of arms
Location of Kreuzau within Düren district
Düren (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaRhein-Erft-KreisEuskirchen (district)Rhein-Kreis NeussHeinsberg (district)AachenAachen (district)BelgiumHeimbachKreuzauNideggenVettweißDürenJülichLangerweheTitzMerzenichAldenhovenHürtgenwaldNörvenichIndenNiederzierLinnichKreuzau in DN.svg
Kreuzau is located in Germany
Kreuzau
Kreuzau
Kreuzau is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Kreuzau
Kreuzau
Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E / 50.75000°N 6.48306°E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictDüren
Government
 • MayorWalter Ramm (CDU)
Area
 • Total41.77 km2 (16.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
(2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total17,444
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
52372
Dialling codes02422, 02427, 02421
Vehicle registrationDN
Websitewww.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

Neighbouring communities

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

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

Kreuzau is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.


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