Erftstadt

Erftstadt
The courthouse in Erftstadt
Erftstadt
Coordinates
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)
Other information
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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International relations

Erftstadt is twinned with:

Wards of Erftstadt

  1. Ahrem
  2. Blessem/Frauenthal
  3. Bliesheim
  4. Borr
  5. Dirmerzheim
  6. Erp
  7. Friesheim
  8. Gymnich
  9. Herrig
  10. Kierdorf
  11. Köttingen
  12. Lechenich
  13. Liblar
  14. Niederberg

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