Kerpen

Kerpen
Kerpen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Town subdivisions 9
Mayor Marlies Sieburg (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 113.94 km2 (43.99 sq mi)
Elevation 95 m  (312 ft)
Population 64,602 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 567 /km2 (1,468 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BM
Postal codes 50169, 50170, 50171
Area codes 02237 (Balkhausen, Brüggen, Kerpen, Türnich),
02273 (Horrem, Sindorf),
02275 (Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim)

Kerpen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany. It is located about 30 kilometers southwest from Cologne.

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Division of the town

The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim, Kerpen, Mödrath, Türnich, Brüggen, Balkhausen, Sindorf and Horrem were merged together.

Notable people

Recently Kerpen has become more famous as being the hometown of the catholic priest and social reformer Adolph Kolping and the Formula One racing drivers Michael Schumacher and his brother Ralf Schumacher as well as Wolfgang von Trips and reggae artist Patrice Bart-Williams.

Kerpen Castle is also a birthplace of Otto von Kerpen, the second Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.

Education

In Kerpen there is for example the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen.

Twinned cities

The town has been twinned since 1993 with Oświęcim in Poland, more commonly known by its German name "Auschwitz", site of the largest of the Nazi concentration camps. Kerpen is also twinned with St. Vith in Belgium.

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