Sankt Augustin
| Sankt Augustin | ||
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  Sankt Augustin Location of Sankt Augustin within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district   | ||
| Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77000°N 7.18667°ECoordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77000°N 7.18667°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Köln | |
| District | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Schumacher (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 34.22 km2 (13.21 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) | |
| Population (2016-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 56,115 | |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 53757 | |
| Dialling codes | 02241 | |
| Vehicle registration | SU | |
| Website | www.sankt-augustin.de | |
Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn and three km south-west of Siegburg.
Mayors
International relations
Sankt Augustin is twinned with:
Town-hall Sankt Augustins
Birlinghoven castle
Government Organizations
- West Regional Command German Federal Police, (Bundespolizei) headquarter of Border Guards, Group 9 GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
- Logistics of unified armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr)
- Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (German: Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung), abbreviated as IFA
Personalities
- Carl Adam Petri (1926-2010), computer scientist, led an institute in the GMD Research Center for Information Technology from 1968 to 1991
- Klaus Kinkel (born 1936), lawyer and politician (FDP), former German Minister of Justice and Foreign Affairs
- Ute Wessel (born 1953), gold medal winner in fencing
- Jörg Kuhn (born 1961), art historian, lived in St. Augustin from 1964 to 1984
- Patricia Hanebeck (born 1986), footballer, born and grew up in Sankt Augustin, former footballer of the ASV Sankt Augustin
References
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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