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Kerpen

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kerpen within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district

(2020–25) Dieter Spürck^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total113.94 km² (43.99 sq mi)Elevation

95 m (312 ft)Population

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total67,627 • Density590/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

50169, 50170, 50171

Dialling codes02237 (Balkhausen, Brüggen, Kerpen, Türnich),
02273 (Horrem, Neu-Bottenbroich, Sindorf),
02275 (Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim, Manheim-neu)Vehicle registrationBM

Kerpen (German: [ˈkɛʁpm̩] ^ⓘ; Ripuarian: Kerpe) is the most populated town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is located about 20 kilometres southwest from Cologne. As of 2022, Kerpen has a total population of 67,239.

Division of the town

The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Balkhausen, Blatzheim, Brüggen, Buir, Horrem, Kerpen, Manheim, Mödrath, Sindorf and Türnich were merged.

Monuments

Burg Bergerhausen
Burg Loersfeld
Schloss Türnich

Notable people

Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest and social reformer
Wolfgang von Trips (1928–1961), Formula One motor racing driver
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), pioneer of electronic music composition
Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Olympic medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay
Michael Schumacher, 7-time Formula One world champion
Ralf Schumacher, brother of Michael, both have emulated von Trips in achieving success in Formula One
Patrice Bart-Williams is an acclaimed reggae artist

Education

In 2008, Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen was considered the largest school in Germany.^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Kerpen is twinned with:^[4]

St. Vith, Belgium (1975)
Oświęcim, Poland (1997)

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ "Die wohl größte Schule in Deutschland". ksta.de (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Kerpens Städtepartnerschaften". stadt-kerpen.de (in German). Kerpen. Retrieved 2021-02-16.