Erftstadt
Sign in to saveErftstadt () 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.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Erftstadt
- German location.image_photo
- Amtsgericht Lechenich.jpg
- German location.imagesize
- 230px
- German location.image_caption
- The old courthouse in Erftstadt-Lechenich
- German location.image_coa
- Stadtwappen_der_Stadt_Erftstadt.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Erftstadt in BM.svg
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Cologne
- German location.district
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 100
- German location.area
- 119.89
- German location.postal_code
- 50374
- German location.area_code
- 02235
- German location.licence
- BM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 3 62 020
- German location.divisions
- 18
- German location.website
- www.erftstadt.de
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- Twin towns – sister cities
- Wards of Erftstadt
- Notable people
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Erftstadt () 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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