Schleiden
Schleiden | |
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Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°ECoordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Köln |
District | Euskirchen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2018–) | Ingo Pfennings[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 456 m (1,496 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,191 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 53937 |
Dialling codes | 02445 |
Vehicle registration | EU, SLE |
Website | www.schleiden.de |
Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017.[3] Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Cologne and Trier. The town consists of 18 settlements, the largest of which are Gemünd and Schleiden proper.
History[]
Historical affiliations
County of Luxembourg 1271–1353
Duchy of Luxembourg 1353–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1918–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
West Germany 1949–1990
Germany 1990–present
Mayors[]
- 1972−1975: Max Fesenmeyer (independent)
- 1975−1984: Herbert Hermesdorf (1914-1999) (CDU)
- 1984−1995: Alois Sommer (CDU)
- 1995−1997: Dieter Wolter (CDU)
- 1997−2004: Christoph Lorbach (CDU)
- 2004−2012: Ralf Hergarten (independent)
- 2012–2018: Udo Meister (FDP)
- 2018– : Ingo Pfennings (CDU)
Education[]
There are the following schools in the city:
- Municipal High School
- Clara-Fey-High School, Schleiden (carrier is the diocese of Aachen)
- Municipal Secondary School
- Primary school
- Elementary school
- Elementary school Gemünd
- Elementary school Dreiborn
- Astrid Lindgren School, Schleiden
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Schloss_Schleiden_005-.jpg/220px-Schloss_Schleiden_005-.jpg)
Schleiden castle aerial view
Public figures[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sleidanus.png/150px-Sleidanus.png)
Johannes Sleidanus
- Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507–1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and founder of the University of Strasbourg
- Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg
- (1792–1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- (1824–1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- (1826–1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce
- (1838–1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- (1900–1987), painter
- (born 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
- (born 1958), photographer
- Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter
References[]
- ^ Bürgermeisterstichwahl Stadt Schleiden, accessed 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen im Regierungsbezirk Köln". Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen: Statistik. it.nrw.de (accessed 24 June 2018).
- ^ http://www.schleiden.de/sv_schleiden/Rathaus/Rathaus%20&%20Politik/Rathaus/Verwaltungsorganisation/Verwaltungsf%C3%BChrung%20seit%201972 administration since 1972 homepage of the town Schleiden
Categories:
- Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Euskirchen (district)
- Rhine Province