Schleiden

Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017.[2] 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.

For the German botanist, see Matthias Jakob Schleiden.
Schleiden
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Location of Schleiden within Euskirchen district
Schleiden
Schleiden
Coordinates: 50°31′59″N 06°28′00″E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictEuskirchen
Government
 • MayorIngo Pfennings (CDU)
Area
 • Total122.09 km2 (47.14 sq mi)
Elevation
456 m (1,496 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total13,053
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
53937
Dialling codes02445
Vehicle registrationEU, SLE
Websitewww.schleiden.de

History
Historical affiliations

County of Luxembourg 1271–1353
Duchy of Luxembourg 1353–1795
French Republic 1795–1804
French Empire 1804–1815
 Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
 West Germany 1949–1990
 Germany 1990–present

Mayors

[3]

  • 1972−1975: Max Fesenmeyer (independent)
  • 1975−1984: Herbert Hermesdorf (1914-1999) (CDU)
  • 1984−1995: Alois Sommer (CDU)
  • 1995−1997: Dieter Wolter (CDU)
  • 1997−2004: Christoph Lorbach (CDU)
  • 2004−2012: Ralf Hergarten (independent)
  • since 2012: Udo Meister (FDP)

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
Schleiden castle aerial view

Public figures
Johannes Sleidanus
  • 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
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References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahlen im Regierungsbezirk Köln". Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen: Statistik. it.nrw.de (accessed 24 June 2018).
  3. http://www.schleiden.de/sv_schleiden/Rathaus/Rathaus%20&%20Politik/Rathaus/Verwaltungsorganisation/Verwaltungsf%C3%BChrung%20seit%201972 administration since 1972 homepage of the town Schleiden
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