Sinzig

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Field	Value
type	Stadt
image_flag	Flagge Sinzig.svg
image_coa	DEU Sinzig COA.svg
image_photo	Sinzig Schloss.jpeg
image_caption	Sinzig Castle
coordinates
image_plan	Gem kr sinzig.png
state	Rheinland-Pfalz
district	Ahrweiler
mayor	Andreas Geron
leader_term	2017–2025
party	Independent
elevation	90
area	41.1
postal_code	53489
area_code	02642, 02636 (Ortsteil Franken)
licence	AW
Gemeindeschlüssel	07 1 31 077
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."

Abraham of Augsburg; a convert to Judaism, along with 61 other Jews, was slain in a pogrom in Sinzig in 1265.

Sinzig first received its rights as a town on 9 October 1267.

Because of the influence Emperor Frederick Barbarossa had on the town, it is nicknamed a "Barbarossa town". Ivan Turgenev immortalized the town in his 1857 novella Asya.

Twice, the medieval town, which since 1300 has been protected by a massive wall, was almost entirely destroyed by fires, one in 1583 and another in 1758. Little of the wall now remains, as industrialization and urban development led to its nearly complete loss at the end of the 19th century. After World War II, Sinzig experienced a population explosion and soon evolved into an industrial town.

With the district reform of 1969, Bad-Bodendorf, Franken, Koisdorf, Löhndorf, and Westum became provinces of Sinzig. Today, Sinzig, together with the town of Remagen, have developed a modern consumer centre, with multiple schools and shopping centres.

Image:Sinzig enclosure.jpg|In 1945 it hosted one of the Allied Rheinwiesenlager Image:Sinzig Barbarossa.jpg|Statue of Frederick I Barbarossa

Sightseeing

There is no point in the "Golden Mile" where the defining icon of Sinzig, the parish church of Saint Peter, cannot be seen. The late Roman Basilica is one of the most meaningful pieces of Roman architecture and on to the United Nations' list of "World Culture Heritage" artifacts.

The Sinziger Schloss (Sinzig Castle) was built in the period of the Rhine Romantic. Between 1854 and 1858, a businessman, Gustav Bunge of Cologne, ordered the erection of a summer villa in Sinzig in the style of a neo-Gothic palace. Surrounding the palace is a garden, constructed in the style of a Romantic park. The castle has since then become a museum.

Also worth seeing:

Zehnthof
remains of the medieval town wall
"Ahrmündung" nature centre

File:Sinzig St Peter.jpg|Church of St. Peter File:Sinzig jued Friedhof.jpg|Jewish cemetery File:Sinzig church.jpg|Protestant church File:Sinzig Kriegsgraeberstaette.jpg|Bad Bodendorf War Cemetery

Municipal subdivisions

Sinzig
Sinzig-Bad Bodendorf
Sinzig-Westum
Sinzig-Löhndorf (1997 Champion of the "Beautify our Town" Contest)
Sinzig-Franken
Sinzig-Koisdorf

Town song

Draußen im Lande ein Mädel ich fand, mit hellblondem Haar und feinzarter Hand und sie hat Augen so klar wie der Wein: sag Mädel die Heimat, sag bist du vom Rhein! sag Mädel die Heimat sag bist du vom Rhein!

Refrain: Wo die Ahr zum Rhein hinfließt, heilend Wasser der Erd entsprießt, wo Mädchenaugen sind so blau, mitten in der goldnen Au. An dies Städtchen denk ich gern, bin ich denn auch noch so fern, an dich denk ich immer dar, Sinzig Rhein und Ahr.

Ferne am Strande des weiten Meeres, steht eine Frau, schwer ist ihr ums Herz. Und sie singt leis` in die Wolken hinein: Grüßt mir die Heimat, mein Städtchen am Rhein! Grüßt mir die Heimat, mein Städtchen am Rhein!

(Refrain)

Schon Barbarossa hat Sinzig erkannt, als eines der schönsten Städtchen im Land. Und er befahl seinem Kaisertross: Wir rasten in Sinzig und wohnen im Schloss! Wir rasten in Sinzig und wohnen im Schloss!

(Refrain)

Notable people

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Rudi Altig (1937–2016), professional cyclist, lived in Sinzig-Koisdorf
Klaus Badelt (born 1967), German composer for television and film music, lived in Bad Bodendorf (Sinzig) during his childhood and youth.
Peter Bares (1936–2014), organist, composer for church music, 1960–1985 church musician in Sinzig
Inge Helten (born 1950), athlete, sprinter, born in Sinzig
Eveline Lemke (born 1964), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of the Landtag, former minister
Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866), garden artist and landscape architect, designed the "Schlosspark" in 1858–1866 and the "Zehnthof" in 1864
Günter Ruch (1956–2010), writer, born in Sinzig

References

[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/direktwahlen/wahl-der-buergermeister-verbandsfreier-gemeinden/ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
"Die Synagoge in Sinzig (Kreis Ahrweiler)".

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