- Königswinter
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Königswinter Front of St. Remigius (2009) Coordinates 50°40′25″N 7°11′41″E / 50.67361°N 7.19472°ECoordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°11′41″E / 50.67361°N 7.19472°E Administration Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Cologne District Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Mayor Peter Wirtz (CDU) Basic statistics Area 76.19 km2 (29.42 sq mi) Elevation 51 - 460 m Population 40,771 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 535 /km2 (1,386 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate SU Postal code 53639 Area codes 02223, 02244 Website www.koenigswinter.de Königswinter is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite to Bonn, at the foot of the Siebengebirge.
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Main sights
The romantic Drachenfels, crowned by the ruins of a castle built in the early 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne, rises behind the town. From the summit, which can be accessed by the Drachenfels Railway, there is a magnificent view, celebrated by Lord Byron in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
A cave in the hill is said to have sheltered the dragon (German: Drachen) which was slain by the hero Siegfried. The mountain is quarried, and from 1267 onward supplied stone (trachyte) for the building of Cologne Cathedral.
The Drachenburg Palace, built in 1883, is on the north side of the hill.
Königswinter has a Catholic (St. Remigius) and an Evangelical church, some small manufactures and a little shipping. It has a monument to the poet Wolfgang Müller.
Near the town are the ruins of the Abbey of Heisterbach.
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in GermanyKönigswinter is twinned with:
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References
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
- Official site (German)
- View at Terraserver
Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Alfter | Bad Honnef | Bornheim | Eitorf | Hennef (Sieg) | Königswinter | Lohmar | Meckenheim | Much | Neunkirchen-Seelscheid | Niederkassel | Rheinbach | Ruppichteroth | Sankt Augustin | Siegburg | Swisttal | Troisdorf | Wachtberg | WindeckCategories:- Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Königswinter
- Rheinsteig
- North Rhine-Westphalia geography stubs
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