Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen is a toun in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany, sootheast o Remscheid. It is hame tae the warld's biggest live Christmas tree.
Wermelskirchen | |
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 Coat airms | |
  Wermelskirchen | |
Location o Wermelskirchen athin Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis destrict  | |
| Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°ECoordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
| Admin. region | Köln |
| Destrict | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Eric Weik (FDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.66 km2 (28.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 34,480 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 42929 |
| Diallin codes | 02196 02193 (Dabringhausen) |
| Vehicle registration | GL |
| Website | www.wermelskirchen.de |
Coat o airms
eeditThe coat o airms o the ceety o Wermelskirchen leuks like a siller shield split intae thirds. In the left field is an aik tree. In the richt field there is a Swan an pictured in the middle field there is a kirk.
Education
eeditWermelskirchen haes an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic kirk an a Laitin schuil.
Economy
eeditThe ceety haes the heid office o OBI [2] and the oreegin of the castor manufacturer TENTE.
Notable fowk
eeditWermelskirchen is the birthplace o Carl Leverkus, foonder o a German chemical an pharmaceutical company in Leverkusen, whilk wis later owertakken bi Bayer an run bi Carl Duisberg.
Film director an writer Uwe Boll, director o Alone in the Dark an BloodRayne wis born here.
Thomas Kleine, German fitbawer, wis born in Wermelskirchen in 1977.
References
eedit- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
- ↑ "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."
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Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial wabsteid (in German)
- Wabsteid o the burgh Dabringhausen Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)