Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen | |
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 Church of Saint Michael | |
 Coat of arms | |
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  Wermelskirchen | |
| Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°ECoordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Köln |
| District | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Marion Lück[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.66 km2 (28.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,597 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 42929 |
| Dialling codes | 02196 02193 (Dabringhausen) 02174 (Bechhausen) |
| Vehicle registration | GL |
| Website | www.wermelskirchen.de |
Wermelskirchen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩] (
listen)) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).
Coat of arms[]
The coat-of-arms of the city of Wermelskirchen looks like a silver shield split into thirds. In the left field is an oak tree. In the right field there is a Swan and pictured in the middle field there is a church.
Education[]
Wermelskirchen has an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic church and a Latin school.
Economy[]
The city has the head office of OBI[3] and the origin of the caster manufacturer TENTE.
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Wermelskirchen is twinned with:[4]
Notable people[]
- Carl Leverkus (1804–1889), founder of a German chemical and pharmaceutical company and the namesake of the city of Leverkusen
- Uwe Boll (born 1965), film director and writer, restaurateur and founder of Bauhaus Restaurant chains in Canada
- Thomas Kleine (born 1977), footballer
- Christian Lindner (born 1979), politician
Honorary citizens[]
- 1876:
- 1884: Carl Leverkus
- 1895: Otto von Bismarck
- 1933: Paul von Hindenburg
References[]
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389."
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften & Patenschaften". wermelskirchen.de (in German). Wermelskirchen. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.
External links[]
- Official website (in German)
- Website of the borough Dabringhausen (in German)
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