Erftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.-History:...

, state of North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, Germany

Germany

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. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft

Erft

The Erft is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine . Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef-Cardinal-Frings-bridge. The river is 103 km long, which is significantly...

. Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz

Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...

, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829.

International relations

Erftstadt is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: - Wokingham

Wokingham

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 (1977) - Viry-Châtillon

Viry-Châtillon

Viry-Châtillon is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Inhabitants of Viry-Châtillon are known as Castelvirois.-Transport:Viry-Châtillon is served by Viry-Châtillon station on Paris RER line D....

, France

France

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 (1980) - Jelenia Góra

Jelenia Góra

----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 (1995)

Wards of Erftstadt

1. Ahrem
   Ahrem
   Ahrem is a little village in Germany near Cologne. Ahrem is now part of the town Erftstadt. Geographical location , population 1,103 .The first written documentation about Ahrem was in 1256, when the archbishop of Cologne mentions Ainhem. However the name of the village points to roots in the time...
   
   
2. Blessem/Frauenthal
3. Bliesheim
4. Borr
5. Dirmerzheim
6. Erp
   Erp (Germany)
   Erp is a village in Germany, in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 2650 inhabitants .-Location and appearance:Erp is located 25 km south-west of Cologne in an open and flat landscape about 125 meters above sea level. The municipal territory covers 1630 ha. The soil is a rich loess...
   
   
7. Friesheim
8. Gymnich
9. Herrig
10. Kierdorf
11. Köttingen
12. Lechenich
13. Liblar
14. Niederberg

External links

• Liblar and Carl Schurz