Erftstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁftˌʃtat] (listen)) is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river that flows through it, the Erft. The neighbouring towns are Brühl, Kerpen, Zülpich and Weilerswist.

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Erftstadt
Town
The old courthouse in Erftstadt-Lechenich
Coat of arms
Location of Erftstadt within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 50°49′N 6°46′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Subdivisions	18
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Carolin Weitzel[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	119.88 km2 (46.29 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	50,060
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	50374
Dialling codes	02235
Vehicle registration	BM
Website	www.erftstadt.de

A landslide during the 2021 European floods led to the collapse of several houses.[3]

Education

In Erftstadt are four further schools: two gymnasiums and two Realschulen. The largest gymnasium is the Ville-Gymnasium-Erftstadt, also known as VGE.

Twin towns – sister cities

Erftstadt is twinned with:[4]

• Wokingham, England, United Kingdom (1977)
• Viry-Châtillon, France (1980)
• Jelenia Góra, Poland (1995)

The party Alliance 90/ The Greens applies for becoming a sister city of the Ukrainian city Ternopil, just as Jelenia Góra is, in the city council.[5]

Wards of Erftstadt

The town of Erftstadt consists of the following 17 Stadtbezirke:

Most of the town administration is in Liblar, the most populous Stadtbezirk. The second-most populous Stadtbezirk is Lechenich.

Notable people

• Carl Schurz (1829–1906), politician and first German-born cabinet secretary (Secretary of the Interior 1877–1881) in the US
• Jean Bungartz (1854–1934), animal artist, specialist author, photographer, breeder, lived from 1886 to 1913 in Lechenich
• Josef Kentenich (1885–1968), founder of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), composer, born in Bliesheim
• Hennes Weisweiler (1919–1983), football coach, born in Lechenich
• Manfred Donike (1933–1995), cyclist, chemist and well-known doping investigator
• Manfred Donike (1960–2003), cyclist and functionary

References

External links

• Liblar and Carl Schurz

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[ru] Эрфтштадт