Erftstadt | |
The courthouse in Erftstadt | |
Erftstadt
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Location of the town of Erftstadt within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
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Administration | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Cologne |
District | Rhein-Erft-Kreis |
Town subdivisions | 18 |
Mayor | Hans-Georg Rips (SPD) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 81 - 150 m |
Population | 50,553 (31 December 2010)[1] |
- Density | 422 /km2 (1,092 /sq mi) |
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Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | BM |
Postal code | 50374 |
Area code | 02235 |
Website | www.erftstadt.de |
Erftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft. Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829.
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