- Kerpen
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Kerpen
Wappen = Wappen Kerpen.png
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 19
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 41 | lon_sec = 46
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Höhe = 95
Fläche = 113.94
Einwohner = 64425
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 50169, 50170, 50171
Vorwahl = 02237 (Balkhausen, Brüggen, Kerpen, Türnich),
02273 (Horrem, Sindorf),
02275 (Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim)
Kfz = BM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 62 032
Gliederung = 9
Adresse = Jahnplatz 1
50171 Kerpen
Bürgermeister = Marlies Sieburg
Partei = SPDKerpen is a town in the
Rhein-Erft-Kreis ,North Rhine-Westphalia .Germany . It is located about 30 kilometers southwest fromCologne .Division of the town
The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim, Kerpen, Mödrath, Türnich, Brüggen, Balkhausen, Sindorf and Horrem were merged together.
Notable people
Recently Kerpen has become more famous as being the hometown of the catholic priest and social reformer
Adolph Kolping and theFormula One racing driversMichael Schumacher and his brotherRalf Schumacher as well as Wolfgang von Trips.Kerpen Castle is also a birthplace of
Otto von Kerpen , the second Grand Master of theTeutonic Order .Education
In Kerpen there is for example the
Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen .
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