Sankt Augustin

Sankt Augustin
Coat of arms
Sankt Augustin
Location of Sankt Augustin within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77000°N 7.18667°ECoordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77000°N 7.18667°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Schumacher (CDU)
Area
• Total	34.22 km^2 (13.21 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	54,631
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53757
Dialling codes	02241
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.sankt-augustin.de

Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn and three km south-west of Siegburg.

International relations

Sankt Augustin is twinned with:

• Grantham, United Kingdom
• Mevaseret Zion, Israel
• Szentes, Hungary.

Government Organisations

• West Regional Command German Federal Police, (Bundespolizei) headquarter of Border Guards, Group 9 GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
• Logistics of unified armed forces of Germany, (Bundeswehr)
• Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitsschutz - BGIA, the Occupational Institute for Work Safety

Famous denizens

• Carl Adam Petri (1926-2010), computer scientist, worked in Sankt Augustin between 1968 and 1991
• Klaus Kinkel (* 1936), former politician (FDP), living in Sankt Augustin

References

1. "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 23 September 2015.