Kreuzau

Kreuzau
Kreuzau
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kreuzau within Düren district
	Kreuzau Kreuzau
	Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Düren
Government
• Mayor	Walter Ramm (CDU)
Area
• Total	41.77 km2 (16.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	17,444
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	52372
Dialling codes	02422, 02427, 02421
Vehicle registration	DN
Website	www.kreuzau.de

Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):

Bogheim
Boich
Drove
Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
Leversbach
Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
Stockheim
Thum
Üdingen
Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)

In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.

Twin towns

Kreuzau is twinned with:

Obervellach, Austria
Plancoët, France

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.