Kerpen Knowpia

Kerpen
Kerpen
Town
	Bergerhausen Castle
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kerpen within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
	Kerpen Kerpen
	Coordinates: 50°52′19″N 6°41′46″E / 50.87194°N 6.69611°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Subdivisions	9
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Dieter Spürck (CDU)
Area
• Total	113.94 km2 (43.99 sq mi)
Elevation	95 m (312 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	67,239
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	50169, 50170, 50171
Dialling codes	02237 (Balkhausen, Brüggen, Kerpen, Türnich),; 02273 (Horrem, Neu-Bottenbroich, Sindorf),; 02275 (Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim, Manheim-neu)
Vehicle registration	BM

Kerpen (German: [ˈkɛʁpm̩] ^ⓘ; Ripuarian: Kerpe) is the most populated town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is located about 20 kilometres southwest from Cologne. As of 2022, Kerpen has a total population of 69,530.

Division of the town edit

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

Monuments edit

Burg Bergerhausen
Burg Loersfeld
Schloss Türnich

Notable people edit

Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest and social reformer
Wolfgang von Trips (1928–1961), Formula One motor racing driver
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), pioneer of electronic music composition
Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Olympic medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay
Michael Schumacher, 7-time Formula One world champion
Ralf Schumacher, brother of Michael, both have emulated von Trips in achieving success in Formula One
Patrice Bart-Williams is an acclaimed reggae artist

Education edit

In 2008, Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen was considered the largest school in Germany.^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities edit

Kerpen is twinned with:^[4]

St. Vith, Belgium (1975)
Oświęcim, Poland (1997)

References edit

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Die wohl größte Schule in Deutschland". ksta.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Kerpens Städtepartnerschaften". stadt-kerpen.de (in German). Kerpen. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

External links edit

Official website (in German)

[1] Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[3] "Die wohl größte Schule in Deutschland". ksta.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[4] "Kerpens Städtepartnerschaften". stadt-kerpen.de (in German). Kerpen. Retrieved 2021-02-16.

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