Hennef (Sieg)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Stadt |
| name | Hennef |
| image_coa | DEU Hennef COA.svg |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Hennef in SU.svg |
| image_photo | Hennef Luftbild.jpg |
| image_caption | Aerial view of Hennef, May 2008 |
| state | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| region | Köln |
| district | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| elevation | 68 |
| area | 105.89 |
| postal_code | 53773 |
| area_code | 02242/02248 |
| licence | SU |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 05 3 82 020 |
| website | www.hennef.de |
| mayor | Mario Dahm |
| leader_term | 2020–25 |
| party | SPD |
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Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 km south-east of Siegburg and 15 km east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district). It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See. Within Hennef is the town of Stadt Blankenberg, with the castle of Blankenberg. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Burg_Blankenberg,Hennef(Sieg),_Germany.jpg" caption="Blankenberg]], Hennef"] ::
Villages in Hennef
Hennef is known as the "City of 100 villages". The official list counts 89.
List of villages with number of inhabitants in 2024.
- Adscheid: 209
- Ahrenbach: 8
- Allner: 1424
- Altenbödingen: 433
- Altglück: 1
- Auel: 83
- Beiert: 12
- Berg: 61
- Blankenbach: 38
- Bödingen: 308
- Bröl: 1332
- Bülgenauel: 245
- Büllesbach: 48
- Büllesfeld: 11
- Dahlhausen: 158
- Dambroich: 671
- Darscheid: 55
- Depensiefen: 7
- Derenbach: 10
- Dondorf: 120
- Dürresbach: 18
- Eichholz: 166
- Eulenberg: 457
- Fernegierscheid: 95
- Greuelsiefen: 448
- Hahnenhardt: 19
- Halberg: 4
- Halmshanf: 14
- Hanf: 242
- Happerschoß: 1426
- Haus Ölgarten: 9
- Heckelsberg: 4
- Heisterschoß: 1203
- Hermesmühle: 25
- Hofen: 36
- Hommerich: 10
- Hossenberg: 35
- Hove: 27
- Hüchel: 382
- Hülscheid: 82
- Issertshof: 20
- Käsberg: 69
- Kningelthal: 84
- Knippgierscheid: 33
- Köschbusch: 150
- Kraheck: 76
- Kümpel: 57
- Kurenbach: 86
- Kurscheid: 289
- Lanzenbach: 426
- Lauthausen: 558
- Lescheid: 47
- Lichtenberg: 1119
- Liesberg: 2
- Löbach: 24
- Lückert: 95
- Meisenbach: 73
- Michelshohn: 27
- Mittelscheid: 268
- Niederhalberg: 63
- Oberauel: 419
- Oberhalberg: 41
- Petershohn: 3
- Raveneck: 8
- Ravenstein: 35
- Rott: 838
- Röttgen: 42
- Rütsch: 26
- Schächer: 18
- Scheuren: 13
- Scheurenmühle: 25
- Sommershof: 66
- Söven: 968
- Stadt Blankenberg: 614
- Stein: 87
- Stoßdorf: 1678
- Striefen: 174
- Süchterscheid: 464
- Theishohn: 4
- Uckerath: 3446
- Wasserheß: 96
- Weingartsgasse: 224
- Weldergoven: 1045
- Wellesberg: 171
- Westerhausen: 506
- Wiederschall: 5
- Wiersberg: 48
- Wippenhohn: 32
- Zumhof: 34
Twin towns – sister cities
Hennef is twinned with:
- ENG Banbury, England, United Kingdom (1981)
- FRA Le Pecq, France (1997)
- POL Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland (2001)
- USA Foley, Alabama, United States (2022)
Trivia
- The first calibratable automatic weighing scales in the world were invented by Carl Reuther in Hennef
- Hennef's current district of Geistingen was first mentioned in a document from 885. Hennef itself was first mentioned in 1075 as "Hannafo"
- The national football team sometimes trains at the Sportschule Hennef; at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 the Argentina national football team stayed here.
- Football teams Tura Hennef and F.C. Geistingen amalgamated in 2005 to become Hennef '05
- The song What Is Love by Haddaway was written and produced in Hennef
Notable people
- Annika Zeyen (born 1985), Paralympic champion (wheelchair basketball and Handbike)
- Joseph Dietzgen (1828–1888), philosopher
- Hank Levine (born 1965), movie director, producer
- Walter von Loë (1828–1908), Prussian field marshal
- Ranga Yogeshwar (born 1959), scientist
- Kim Petras (born 1992), pop singer and songwriter
References
References
- [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- "Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln". LDS NRW.
- "Hennef Stadt: Alle Dörfer und Weiler".
- "Partnerstädte". Hennef (Sieg).
- (19 October 2022). "City of Foley Announces Their First Sister City".
- "Hennef Stadt: Foley".
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