Neunkirchen-Seelscheid Knowpia

Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
Municipality
	St. Margareta (Neunkirchen) [de]
	Coat of arms
	Location of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
	Neunkirchen-Seelscheid Neunkirchen-Seelscheid
	Coordinates: 50°52′N 07°20′E / 50.867°N 7.333°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions	59
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Nicole Sander (SPD)
Area
• Total	50.64 km2 (19.55 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	19,852
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53819
Dialling codes	02247
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.nk-se.de

Neunkirchen-Seelscheid (Kölsch: Nüngkirche-Seelscheidt) is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district in the southern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Beside the two principal places Neunkirchen and Seelscheid there are numerous smaller localities among the municipality.

Geography edit

Neunkirchen-Seelscheid is located 20 km north-east of Bonn and 25 km south-east from Cologne in the southern part of the region of Berg (Bergisches Land). The northwest municipality border is formed by the river course of the Naafbach, while the Bröl acts as the southeast border. The Wahnbach flows through the municipality.

Neighbour municipalities edit

Neighbouring cities are Siegburg, Hennef, Overath and Lohmar. Neighbouring municipalities are Much and Ruppichteroth.

Subdivisions edit

Beside the two principal places Neunkirchen (5423) and Seelscheid (5788) there are following localities within the municipality (population between brackets)

Balensiefen (20), Birken (58), Birkenfeld (174), Birkenmühle (5), Brackemich (106), Breiderheide (3), Breitscheid, Bruchhausen (59), Busch (14), Effert (2), Eich (101), Eischeid (508), Gutmühle (39), Hardt (43), Hasenbach (315), Hausen, Hausermühle (71), Heidgen, Heister (110), Herkenrath (137), Hermerath (342), Hermerather Mühle, Herrenwiesermühle, Hochhausen (397), Hohn (101), Höfferhof, Hülscheid (418), Ingersau (62), Ingersaueler Mühle (6), Kaule (37), Kotthausen, Köbach (112), Krahwinkel (200), Meisenbach, Mohlscheid (383), Nackhausen (319), Niederhorbach (164), Niederwennerscheid (507), Oberdorst (364), Oberheister (413), Oberhorbach (64), Oberste Zeith, Oberwennerscheid (432), Ohlig (10), Ohmerath (31), Pinn (45), Pixhof, Pohlhausen (492), Rehwiese (6), Remschoß (254), Rengert (222), Renzert (64), Rippert (128), Schaaren, Scherpekotten (2), Scherpemich, Schöneshof (454), Siefen (34), Söntgerath (134), Stein (125), Steinermühle (19), Straßen (84), Unterste Zeith, Wahlen (22), Wahn (197), Weiert (32), Wende (4), Weesbach, Wiescheid, Wolperath (1288)

Population edit

1998 – 19.515
1999 – 19.874
2000 – 20.079
2001 – 20.328
2002 – 20.674
2003 – 20.898
2004 – 21.020
2005 – 21.000
2006 – 20.946
2007 – 20.902
2008 – 20.868
2009 – 20.855
2010 – 20.822
2011 - 20.756
2012 – 20.613
2013 – 20.497
2014 – 20.593
2015 – 20.958
2016 – 20.158
2017 - 19.758

History edit

ca. 5000 BC - first remains of human settlement
1178 - first documentary mention
1969 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid were made of the two old municipalities Neunkirchen and Seelscheid

Politics edit

The 40 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows since the September 2020 elections:

CDU - 16 seats
SPD - 11 seats
The Greens - 9 seats
FDP - 2 seats
Wir für Neunkirchen-Seelscheid - 1 seat
Demokratie durch Volksabstimmung - 1 seat

Twin towns edit

Notable people edit

Andreas Pinkwart (born 1960), German politician (FDP)

References edit

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.