Kreuzau

Kreuzau
Kreuzau
Municipality
	Kreuzau Castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Kreuzau within Düren district
	Kreuzau Kreuzau
	Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E / 50.75000°N 6.48306°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Düren
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Ingo Eßer (CDU)
Area
• Total	41.77 km2 (16.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	17,756
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	52372
Dialling codes	02422, 02427, 02421
Vehicle registration	DN
Website	www.kreuzau.de

Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):

Bogheim
Boich
Drove
Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
Leversbach
Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
Stockheim
Thum
Üdingen
Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)

In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.

Twin towns

Kreuzau is twinned with:

Obervellach, Austria
Plancoët, France

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 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.

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[1] Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.

[2] "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.

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Kreuzau
Municipality
Kreuzau Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kreuzau within Düren district
Kreuzau Show map of Germany Kreuzau Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E / 50.75000°N 6.48306°E / 50.75000; 6.48306
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Düren
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Ingo Eßer^[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	41.77 km² (16.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	17,756
• Density	430/km² (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	52372
Dialling codes	02422, 02427, 02421
Vehicle registration	DN
Website	www.kreuzau.de