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Erftstadt is a toun locatit aboot 20 km sooth-wast o Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, in the state o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. The name o the toun derives frae the river that flowes throu it, the Erft.
Erftstadt | |
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![]() The courthoose in Erftstadt | |
Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°46′E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
Admin. region | Köln |
Destrict | Rhein-Erft-Kreis |
Subdivisions | 18 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Hans-Georg Rips (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 49,667 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 50374 |
Diallin codes | 02235 |
Vehicle registration | BM |
Website | www.erftstadt.de |
Carl Schurz, a German revolutionar, American statesman an reformer, an Union Airmy General in the American Ceevil War wis born in Erftstadt-Liblar on 2 Mairch 1829 as wis Joseph Kentenich, a Catholic priest o the Pallottine order an foonder o the Schoenstatt Muivement on 16 November 1885. He is remembered as a thinker, theologian, an eddicationalist.
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