Hennef (Sieg)

Hennef
Coat of arms
Hennef
Location of Hennef within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°47′N 7°17′E / 50.783°N 7.283°ECoordinates: 50°47′N 7°17′E / 50.783°N 7.283°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Pipke (CDU)
Area
• Total	105.79 km^2 (40.85 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	46,399
• Density	440/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53773
Dialling codes	02242/02248
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.hennef.de

Hennef (Sieg) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 kilometres (4 miles) south-east of Siegburg and 15 km (9 mi) east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district).^[2] It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See.

Twin towns

Hennef is twinned with:^[3]

• Banbury (Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) – since 1981^[4]
• Heilbad Heiligenstadt (Thuringia, Germany) – since 1992
• Le Pecq (Île-de-France, France) – since 1997
• Nowy Dwór Gdański (Pomerania Province, Poland) – since 2001
• Selçuk (İzmir, Turkey) - since 2011

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.
2. "Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln" (in German). LDS NRW. Archived from the original on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
3. "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Ilona Gerken, Stadt Hennef. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
4. "Banbury Town Council Official Guide". Localauthoritypublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-26.

External links

• Stadt Hennef – Official website (German)
• John Rosauer, "Erinnerungen an den Krieg an der Sieg." "Memories of War on the Sieg," an account of the destruction of Hennef by Allied forces during World War II, based on interviews with survivors.

Aerial view of Hennef, May 2008

Former town hall of Hennef