Schleiden
For the German botanist, see Matthias Jakob Schleiden.
| Schleiden | ||
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  Schleiden | ||
Location of Schleiden within Euskirchen district  | ||
| Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°ECoordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E / 50.53306°N 6.46667°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Köln | |
| District | Euskirchen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Udo Meister (FDP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 13,272 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 53937 | |
| Dialling codes | 02445 | |
| Vehicle registration | EU, SLE | |
| Website | www.schleiden.de | |
Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 17.628 inhabitants as of 2016. Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Cologne and Trier. The town consists of 18 settlements, the largest of which are Gemünd and Schleiden proper.
Education
There are the following schools in the city:
- Municipal High School
- Clara-Fey-High School, Schleiden (carrier is the diocese of Aachen)
- Municipal Secondary School
- Primary school
- Elementary school
- Elementary school Gemünd
- Elementary school Dreiborn
- Astrid Lindgren School, Schleiden
Public figures
- Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507–1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and founder of the University of Strasbourg
- Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg
- Leopold Schoeller (1792–1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Gustav Poensgen (1824–1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Rudolf Poensgen (1826–1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce
- Carl Poensgen (1838–1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce
- Larres Albert (1900–1987), painter
- Francis Albert Heinen (born 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer
- George Schreiber (born 1958), photographer
- Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter
References
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
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