Sinzig
Sign in to saveSinzig () is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhine, about 5 km south-east of Remagen and 25 km south-east of Bonn, and it has approximately 20,000 inhabitants (2004).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Sinzig.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Sinzig COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Sinzig Schloss.jpeg
- German location.image_caption
- Sinzig Castle
- German location.image_plan
- Gem kr sinzig.png
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Ahrweiler
- German location.mayor
- Andreas Geron
- German location.leader_term
- 2017–2025
- German location.party
- Independent
- German location.elevation
- 90
- German location.area
- 41.1
- German location.postal_code
- 53489
- German location.area_code
- 02642, 02636 (Ortsteil Franken)
- German location.licence
- AW
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 31 077
- German location.website
- www.sinzig.de
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Sinzig () is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhine, about 5 km south-east of Remagen and 25 km south-east of Bonn, and it has approximately 20,000 inhabitants (2004).
==History== Sinzig received its first official recognition in 762 A.D. On 10 July that year, King Pippin the Younger, the father of Charlemagne, presented a certificate of his decree in the Palace of Sinzig (Sentiaco Palacio), officially recognizing the town as "Sentiacum."