Sankt Augustin

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Sankt Augustin
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin (Germany)
Sankt Augustin
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Town subdivisions 8
Mayor Klaus Schumacher (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 34.22 km² (13.2 sq mi)
Elevation 65 m  (213 ft)
Population 56,216  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 1,643 /km² (4,255 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SU
Postal code 53757
Area code 02241
Website www.sankt-augustin.de
Location of the town of Sankt Augustin within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77, 7.18667

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, St Augustine (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.

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] 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)

[edit] Famous denizens