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Wermelskirchen

Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°E / 51.150; 7.217
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Wermelskirchen
Church of Saint Michael
Church of Saint Michael
Coat of arms of Wermelskirchen
Location of Wermelskirchen within Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisRhein-Sieg-KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaCologneLeverkusenMettmann (district)SolingenRemscheidOberbergischer KreisOverathRösrathBergisch GladbachKürtenOdenthalWermelskirchenBurscheidLeichlingen
Wermelskirchen is located in Germany
Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen
Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°E / 51.150; 7.217
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictRheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Government
 • MayorRainer Bleek (SPD)
Area
 • Total
74.66 km2 (28.83 sq mi)
Elevation
345 m (1,132 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total
34,673
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
42929
Dialling codes02196
02193 (Dabringhausen)
Vehicle registrationGL
Websitewww.wermelskirchen.de

Wermelskirchen 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

Historic marker

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 [2] and the origin of the castor manufacturer TENTE.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. ^ "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."