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Hürth
Sign in to saveHürth () is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne and is about 6 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville. The town consists of thirteen districts, once independent villages, and is distributed over a relatively large area. The municipal area is interspersed with lakes and stretches of forest.
Hürth is a town in western Germany, located just southwest of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, near a natural preserve called Kottenforst-Ville. The town is made up of thirteen formerly independent villages spread across a landscape dotted with lakes and forests.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Hürth
- German location.image_photo
- Alt-Huerth-PA200002.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- Saint Catherine parish church
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Huerth COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Hürth in BM.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Köln
- German location.district
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 54 - 154
- German location.area
- 51.22
- German location.postal_code
- 50354
- German location.area_code
- 02233
- German location.licence
- BM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 3 62 028
- German location.divisions
- 12
- German location.website
- www.huerth.de
- German location.mayor
- Dirk Breuer
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Encyclopedic overview
29 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Districts
- History
- Alstädten
- Burbach
- Berrenrath
- Efferen
- Fischenich
- Gleuel
- Hermülheim
- Hürth (Alt-Hürth)
- Hürth-Mitte
- Kalscheuren
- Kendenich
- Knapsack
- Sielsdorf
- Stotzheim
- Sights
- Facility 4101, Tower 93
- External links
- Notable people
- From Hürth
- Other
- Public transport
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Literature
- References
- External links
Hürth () is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne and is about 6 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville. The town consists of thirteen districts, once independent villages, and is distributed over a relatively large area. The municipal area is interspersed with lakes and stretches of forest.
In former times, the Eifel Aqueduct, a Roman aqueduct which supplied the city of Cologne with drinking water, went through Hürth. Remnants of various aqueducts can still be found underground. It is also famous as the birthplace of Michael and Ralf Schumacher.
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