Schleiden

Schleiden
Town
Aerial view
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Schleiden within Euskirchen district
Köln
District	Euskirchen
Government
• Mayor (2018–23)	Ingo Pfennings[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Elevation	456 m (1,496 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	12,977
• 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

The borough of Schleiden is divided into 18 settlements (population figures of those at their main residence as at September 2020):[4]

Neighbouring municipalities

• North:
  County of Düren
  )
• East: Mechernich, Kall (both in the county of Euskirchen)
• South: Hellenthal (County of Euskirchen)
• West:
  Borough of Aachen
  )

History

In the Middle Ages and Early Modern times, Schleiden was the centre of a

The small town of Schleiden has produced two important Christian humanists: Johannes Sleidanus and Johannes Sturm, also known as Ioannes Sturmius.

In 1944 the

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)
• 2012–2018: Udo Meister (FDP)
• 2018– : Ingo Pfennings (CDU)

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

Sights

• Castle and church (1230 castle chapel, 1516–1525 late Gothic hall church, König organ from 1770)
• From 1900 to 1905 the Urft Dam was built as the largest dam in Europe at the time. Today it is part of the Eifel National Park.
• Ordensburg Vogelsang on the former Vogelsang Training Area
• "Tempelchen" war memorial for the victims of the
  First World War
• Jewish Cemetery
• Forest Experience Centre

Olef Valley Railway

The

Until 1997 there was regular freight traffic via Schleiden to Hellenthal, after that only military traffic to Schleiden-Höddelbusch (tank loading ramp). The last troop loading took place there in winter 2002 with diesel and steam locomotives from a private railway.[7] Belgium handed back the Vogelsang Training Area on 1 January 2006. The training area on the Dreiborn Plateau was turned over to non-military use and has a documentation centre and hiking area.

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