Bad Münstereifel
Bad Münstereifel | |
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Location of Bad Münstereifel within Euskirchen district | |
Köln | |
District | Euskirchen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–25) | Sabine Preiser-Marian[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 150.84 km2 (58.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 17,282 |
• Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 53902 |
Dialling codes | 02253, 02257 |
Vehicle registration | EU, SLE |
Website | www.bad-muenstereifel.de |
Bad Münstereifel (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːt mʏnstɐˈʔaɪ̯fl̩] ⓘ) is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far southwest of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The little town is one of only a few historical towns in the southwest of North Rhine-Westphalia, and because of this is often overcrowded by tourists throughout spring and summer.
Geography
Location
Bad Münstereifel lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Bonn and around ten (both as the crow flies) south of the county town of Euskirchen in the Münstereifel Forest, a part of the Eifel mountains. The river Erft flows through the town. It has a borough of around 151 km2 (58 sq mi) in area at heights of 200 to 586.1 m (656 to 1,923 ft) above sea level.[3] The latter is the height of the Michelsberg, which is the highest point in the borough and rises in the northwestern part of the Ahr Hills (another region of the Eifel).
The borough is around 60 percent forested, several woods are designated as so-called
Subdivisions
Arloff, Bergrath, Berresheim, Effelsberg, Eichen, Eicherscheid, Ellesheim, Esch, Eschweiler, Gilsdorf, Hilterscheid, Hohn, Holzem, Honerath, Houverath, Hummerzheim, Hünkhoven, Iversheim, Kalkar, Bad Münstereifel, Kirspenich, Kolvenbach, Kop Nück, Langscheid, Lanzerath, Lethert, Limbach, Lingscheiderhof, Mahlberg, Maulbach, Mutscheid, Neichen, Nitterscheid, Nöthen, Odesheim, Ohlerath, Reckerscheid, Rodert, Rupperath, Sasserath, Scheuerheck, Scheuren, Schönau, Soller, Vollmert, Wald, Willerscheid, Witscheiderhof
Education
Bad Münstereifel is the seat of SIGNO innovation society Eifel Association, Association of the greatest inventors in Germany. Signo is a project of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Joined the Association is a youth and children's department, may acquire in the children and young people in a club's workshop, the basic knowledge of technology.[4]
Bad Münstereifel has four elementary
Since 1976, the city is also home to the University of Applied Sciences for the Administration of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia. There are also several private training facilities in the city, including the Kurt-Schumacher-Academy of the
Bad Münstereifel has a public library with a stock of 16,000 media.[6]
Local council
The local council has 32 seats, the elections were held in May 2014.
- CDU: 12 seats
- SPD: 8 seats
- FDP: 4 seats
- UWV: 4 seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats
- The Left: 1 seat
Notable people and gatherings
- Heino (born 1938), the folk-singer has lived in the town. From 1996 to 2012 he operated a cafe there.
- Friedrich Joseph Haass, (1780–1853), the "holy doctor of Moscow", was born in Bad Münstereifel.
- Wilhelm Mohr (1838-1888), German journalist
- Christopher Becker (born 1980), German film director, screenwriter and film producer
The unofficial Nintendo fan convention, NCON, was held in the town's St.-Angela-Gymnasium in the early years of the 21st century.
The Portuguese Socialist Party, one of the two main Portuguese parties, was founded here in 1973 with the guidance of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who wanted to create a political force capable of keeping Portugal a member of NATO.[7]
Other personalities associated with the town
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009), politician, former Bundesminister für Wirtschaft (Minister of Economic Affairs) and chairman of the FDP, lived in the district of Eschweiler.
International relations
Bad Münstereifel is
See also
- Alte Burg (Bad Münstereifel) – the site of an old refuge castle
- Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Zahlen & Fakten". bad-muenstereifel.de (in German). Stadt Bad Münstereifel. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Innovations-Gesellschaft Eifel e.V. – Willkommen
- ^ Stadt Bad Münstereifel
- ^ Stadt Bad Münstereifel
- ^ SONER ÇAĞAPTAY – Portuguese Lessons for Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring