Sankt Augustin
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Sankt Augustin | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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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 | |
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
- Klaus Kinkel (* 1936), former politician (FDP), living in Sankt Augustin
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