Hennef (Sieg)

Hennef
Hennef
	Aerial view of Hennef, May 2008
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hennef within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
	Hennef Hennef
	Coordinates: 50°47′N 7°17′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Pipke (CDU)
Area
• Total	105.79 km2 (40.85 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	47,339
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53773
Dialling codes	02242/02248
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.hennef.de

Hennef (Sieg) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 kilometres (4 miles) south-east of Siegburg and 15 km (9 mi) east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district).[2] It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See.

Twin towns

Hennef is twinned with:[3]

Banbury (Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) – since 1981[4]
Heilbad Heiligenstadt (Thuringia, Germany) – since 1992
Le Pecq (Île-de-France, France) – since 1997
Nowy Dwór Gdański (Pomerania Province, Poland) – since 2001

People from Hennef

Walter von Loë (1828-1908), Prussian field marshal
Ranga Yogeshwar (1959- ), scientist
Hank Levine (1965- ), Filmproducer, director

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
"Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln" (in German). LDS NRW. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
"Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Ilona Gerken, Stadt Hennef. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
"Banbury Town Council Official Guide". Localauthoritypublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-03-26.

External links

Stadt Hennef – Official website (in German)
John Rosauer, "Erinnerungen an den Krieg an der Sieg." "Memories of War on the Sieg," an account of the destruction of Hennef by Allied forces during World War II, based on interviews with survivors.

Former town hall of Hennef

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

[2] "Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln" (in German). LDS NRW. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

[3] "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Ilona Gerken, Stadt Hennef. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

[localauthoritypublishing.co.uk-4] "Banbury Town Council Official Guide". Localauthoritypublishing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-03-26.