Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen
	Church of Saint Michael
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wermelskirchen within Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
	Wermelskirchen Wermelskirchen
	Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Rainer Bleek (SPD)
Area
• Total	74.66 km2 (28.83 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	34,765
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	42929
Dialling codes	02196; 02193 (Dabringhausen)
Vehicle registration	GL
Website	www.wermelskirchen.de

Wermelskirchen is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).

Coat of arms

Historic marker

The coat-of-arms of the city of Wermelskirchen looks like a silver shield split into thirds. In the left field is an oak tree. In the right field there is a Swan and pictured in the middle field there is a church.

Education

Wermelskirchen has an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic church and a Latin school.

Economy

The city has the head office of OBI [2] and the origin of the castor manufacturer TENTE.

Notable people

Carl Leverkus, founder of a German chemical and pharmaceutical company.
Uwe Boll, retired film director and writer, but currently restaurateur and founder of Bauhaus Restaurant chains in Canada
Stephan Audel, film director
Thomas Kleine, footballer
Christian Lindner, politician

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
"Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wermelskirchen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 523.

External links

Official website (in German)
Website of the borough Dabringhausen (in German)

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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] "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."