Euskirchen

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Coordinates: 50°40′N 6°46′E

Euskirchen
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Cologne
District	Euskirchen
Population	55,120 (2005)
Area	139.63 km²
Population density	395 /km²
Elevation	137-412 m
Coordinates	50°40′ N 6°46′ E
Postal code	53879-53881
Area code	02251, 02255
Licence plate code	EU
Mayor	Uwe Friedl (CDU)
Website	euskirchen.de

Euskirchen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating back over 700 years, having been granted town-status in 1302.

[edit] Culture

Parts of the ancient town wall, and three of its defensive towers, are still standing. Many find Euskirchen an attractive location, due to the proximity of two large cities, Cologne and Bonn, to the North-East, and the hills of the Eifel region to the South. As of December 2005, it had a population of just over 55,000.

It is also the birthplace of Emil Fischer, born 1852, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1902. German pop singer Jamie Stevens (who has achieved international fame in the late 1990s) was also born in Euskirchen but does not reside there anymore.

[edit] Twinnings

Euskirchen is twinned with the following towns:

• Basingstoke, United Kingdom, since 1986
• Charleville-Mézières, France, since 1964
• Kutztown, USA, since 2004