Wermelskirchen
Sign in to saveWermelskirchen (; Ripuarian: Wärmelßkirrshe) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).
Key facts
- German place.district
- Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.name
- Wermelskirchen
- German place.image_flag
- Flagge Wermelskirchen.svg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Wermelskirchen COA.svg
- German place.image_skyline
- P1990204 001 Katholische Kirche St. Michael, Wermelskirchen.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Church of Saint Michael
- German place.image_plan
- Wermelskirchen in GL.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Köln
- German place.elevation
- 345
- German place.area
- 74.8
- German place.postal_code
- 42929
- German place.area_code
- 0219602193 (Dabringhausen)02174 (Bechhausen)
- German place.licence
- GL
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 3 78 032
- German place.website
- www.wermelskirchen.de
- German place.mayor
- Bernd Hibst
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Wermelskirchen (; Ripuarian: Wärmelßkirrshe) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).
==Geography== The distance to Cologne is about 35 kilometers, to Düsseldorf about 45 kilometers. The neighboring municipalities are Remscheid, Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth, Kürten, Odenthal, Burscheid and Solingen. The townscape is characterized by Altberg slate and half-timbered houses.