Zülpich

Place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Location of Zülpich within Euskirchen district

50°42′N 6°39′E / 50.700°N 6.650°E / 50.700; 6.650CountryGermanyStateNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAdmin. regionKöln DistrictEuskirchen SubdivisionsKernstadt and 20 villagesGovernment

• MayorUlf Hürtgen^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total101 km² (39 sq mi)Elevation

180 m (590 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total21,025 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

53909

Dialling codes02252Vehicle registrationEUWebsitewww.stadt-zuelpich.de

Zülpich (Kölsch: Zöllech) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany between Aachen and Bonn. It belongs to the district of Euskirchen.

History

The town is commonly agreed to be the site with the Latin name of Tolbiacum, famous for the Battle of Tolbiac, fought between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alemanni; the traditional date is 496, corrected in many modern accounts to 506. The battle is commemorated in the names of the Rue de Tolbiac and the Tolbiac Métro station in Paris.

On 1 January 1969, the former municipalities of Bessenich, Dürscheven, Enzen, Langendorf, Linzenich-Lövenich, Merzenich, Nemmenich, Oberelvenich, Rövenich, Sinzenich, Ülpenich, Weiler in der Ebene, and Wichterich were incorporated into the borough of Zülpich.^[3] On 1 January 1972, Bürvenich, Füssenich, and Schwerfen (part of Veytal) were added.^[4]

Sights

Zülpich's Cologne gate
Sinzenich's Jewish cemetery
St. Gereon (Dürscheven)
Museum of Bathing Culture

Twinnings

Blaye, France
Kangasala, Finland
Elst, Netherlands

Notable people

Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, (1744-1805), Grand Master of the Order of Malta
Theodor Weber, (1836-1906), bishop
Theo Breuer (born 1956), author and editor
Silke Rottenberg, (born 1972), former national football player, grew up in Zülpich
Oliver Krischer, (born 1969), biologist and politician (The Greens), Member of Bundestag since 2009, lives in Düren

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Martin Bünermann (1970), Die Gemeinden des ersten Neugliederungsprogramms in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German), Köln: Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, p. 88
^ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering (1975), Die Gemeinden und Kreise nach der kommunalen Gebietsreform in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German), Köln: Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, ISBN 3-555-30092-X