Schleiden

For the German botanist, see Matthias Jakob Schleiden.

Schleiden
Schleiden
Location of the town of Schleiden within Euskirchen district
Coordinates	50°31′59″N 6°28′0″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Euskirchen
Mayor	Ralf Hergarten (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Elevation	456 m  (1496 ft)
Population	13,287 (31 December 2010)
- Density	109 /km2 (282 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EU
Postal code	53937
Area code	02445
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 13,957 inhabitants (2004). Schleiden is connected by touristic railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Cologne and Trier.

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 Gemund
• Elementary school Dreiborn
• Astrid Lindgren School, Schleiden

Public figures

• Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507-1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and Strasbourg
• Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg
• Leopold Schoeller (1792-1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Gustav Poensgen (1824-1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Rudolf Poensgen (1826-1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce
• Carl Poensgen (1838-1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
• Larres Albert (1900-1987), painter
• Francis Albert Heinen (* 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
• George Schreiber (* 1958), photographer
• Vera Hilger (* 1971), painter