Schleiden

Schleiden
Schleiden
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schleiden within Euskirchen district
	Schleiden Schleiden
	Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Euskirchen
Government
• Mayor	Ingo Pfennings (CDU)
Area
• Total	122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Elevation	456 m (1,496 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	13,233
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53937
Dialling codes	02445
Vehicle registration	EU, SLE
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 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017.^[2] Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Cologne and Trier. The town consists of 18 settlements, the largest of which are Gemünd and Schleiden proper.

History

Historical affiliations

County of Luxembourg 1271–1353
Duchy of Luxembourg 1353–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1918–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
West Germany 1949–1990
Germany 1990–present

Mayors

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1972−1975: Max Fesenmeyer (independent)
1975−1984: Herbert Hermesdorf (1914-1999) (CDU)
1984−1995: Alois Sommer (CDU)
1995−1997: Dieter Wolter (CDU)
1997−2004: Christoph Lorbach (CDU)
2004−2012: Ralf Hergarten (independent)
since 2012: Udo Meister (FDP)

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 Gemünd
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 founder of the University of 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 (born 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
George Schreiber (born 1958), photographer
Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter

References

^ "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.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen im Regierungsbezirk Köln". Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen: Statistik. it.nrw.de (accessed 24 June 2018).
^ http://www.schleiden.de/sv_schleiden/Rathaus/Rathaus%20&%20Politik/Rathaus/Verwaltungsorganisation/Verwaltungsf%C3%BChrung%20seit%201972 administration since 1972 homepage of the town Schleiden

[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] "Einwohnerzahlen im Regierungsbezirk Köln". Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen: Statistik. it.nrw.de (accessed 24 June 2018).

[3] ttp://www.schleiden.de/sv_schleiden/Rathaus/Rathaus%20&%20Politik/Rathaus/Verwaltungsorganisation/Verwaltungsf%C3%BChrung%20seit%201972 administration since 1972 homepage of the town Schleiden

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