Hennef (Sieg) Explained
| Type: | Stadt |
| Hennef |
| Image Coa: | DEU Hennef COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.7833°N 24°W |
| Image Plan: | Hennef in SU.svg |
| State: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Region: | Köln |
| District: | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| Elevation: | 68 |
| Area: | 105.79 |
| Postal Code: | 53773 |
| Area Code: | 02242/02248 |
| Licence: | SU |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 3 82 020 |
| Website: | www.hennef.de |
| Mayor: | Mario Dahm[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | SPD |
Hennef (Sieg) (pronounced as /de/) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7km (04miles) south-east of Siegburg and 15km (09miles) east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district).[2] It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See. Within Hennef is the town of Stadt Blankenberg, with the castle of Blankenberg.
Villages in Hennef
Hennef is known as the "City of 100 villages". The official list counts 89.[3]
List of villages with number of inhabitants in 2024.
- Adscheid: 209
- Ahrenbach: 8
- Allner: 1424
- Altenbödingen: 433
- Altglück: 1
- Auel: 83
- Beiert: 12
- Berg: 61
- Blankenbach: 38
- Bödingen: 308
- Bröl: 1332
- Bülgenauel: 245
- Büllesbach: 48
- Büllesfeld: 11
- Dahlhausen: 158
- Dambroich: 671
- Darscheid: 55
- Depensiefen: 7
- Derenbach: 10
- Dondorf: 120
- Dürresbach: 18
- Eichholz: 166
- Eulenberg: 457
- Fernegierscheid: 95
- Greuelsiefen: 448
- Hahnenhardt: 19
- Halberg: 4
- Halmshanf: 14
- Hanf: 242
- Happerschoß: 1426
- Haus Ölgarten: 9
- Heckelsberg: 4
- Heisterschoß: 1203
- Hermesmühle: 25
- Hofen: 36
- Hommerich: 10
- Hossenberg: 35
- Hove: 27
- Hüchel: 382
- Hülscheid: 82
- Issertshof: 20
- Käsberg: 69
- Kningelthal: 84
- Knippgierscheid: 33
- Köschbusch: 150
- Kraheck: 76
- Kümpel: 57
- Kurenbach: 86
- Kurscheid: 289
- Lanzenbach: 426
- Lauthausen: 558
- Lescheid: 47
- Lichtenberg: 1119
- Liesberg: 2
- Löbach: 24
- Lückert: 95
- Meisenbach: 73
- Michelshohn: 27
- Mittelscheid: 268
- Niederhalberg: 63
- Oberauel: 419
- Oberhalberg: 41
- Petershohn: 3
- Raveneck: 8
- Ravenstein: 35
- Rott: 838
- Röttgen: 42
- Rütsch: 26
- Schächer: 18
- Scheuren: 13
- Scheurenmühle: 25
- Sommershof: 66
- Söven: 968
- Stadt Blankenberg: 614
- Stein: 87
- Stoßdorf: 1678
- Striefen: 174
- Süchterscheid: 464
- Theishohn: 4
- Uckerath: 3446
- Wasserheß: 96
- Weingartsgasse: 224
- Weldergoven: 1045
- Wellesberg: 171
- Westerhausen: 506
- Wiederschall: 5
- Wiersberg: 48
- Wippenhohn: 32
- Zumhof: 34
Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany. Hennef is twinned with:[4]
Trivia
- The first calibratable automatic weighing scales in the world were invented by Carl Reuther in Hennef
- Hennef's current district of Geistingen was first mentioned in a document from 885. Hennef itself was first mentioned in 1075 as "Hannafo"
- The national football team sometimes trains here; at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 the Argentina national football team stayed here.
- Football teams Tura Hennef and F.C. Geistingen amalgamated in 2005 to become Hennef '05
- The song What Is Love by Haddaway was written and produced in Hennef
Notable people
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020
- Web site: Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln . 4 July 2008 . LDS NRW . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630040821/http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/regionen/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp3_dez07.html . 30 June 2008 . dead .
- Web site: Hennef Stadt: Alle Dörfer und Weiler . 2024-03-09 . www.hennef.de.
- Web site: Partnerstädte. hennef.de. Hennef (Sieg). de. 2021-02-14.
- Web site: City of Foley Announces Their First Sister City . 19 October 2022 .
- Web site: Hennef Stadt: Foley .
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Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland (2001)
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