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Hennef (Sieg)
Hennef (Sieg) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛnɛf] ) 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). It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See. Within Hennef is the town of Stadt Blankenberg, with the castle of Blankenberg.

Villages in Hennef

Hennef is known as the "City of 100 villages". The official list counts 89.

List of villages with number of inhabitants in 2024.

  1. Adscheid: 209
  2. Ahrenbach: 8
  3. Allner: 1424
  4. Altenbödingen: 433
  5. Altglück: 1
  6. Auel: 83
  7. Beiert: 12
  8. Berg: 61
  9. Blankenbach: 38
  10. Bödingen: 308
  11. Bröl: 1332
  12. Bülgenauel: 245
  13. Büllesbach: 48
  14. Büllesfeld: 11
  15. Dahlhausen: 158
  16. Dambroich: 671
  17. Darscheid: 55
  18. Depensiefen: 7
  19. Derenbach: 10
  20. Dondorf: 120
  21. Dürresbach: 18
  22. Eichholz: 166
  23. Eulenberg: 457
  24. Fernegierscheid: 95
  25. Greuelsiefen: 448
  26. Hahnenhardt: 19
  27. Halberg: 4
  28. Halmshanf: 14
  29. Hanf: 242
  30. Happerschoß: 1426
  31. Haus Ölgarten: 9
  32. Heckelsberg: 4
  33. Heisterschoß: 1203
  34. Hermesmühle: 25
  35. Hofen: 36
  36. Hommerich: 10
  37. Hossenberg: 35
  38. Hove: 27
  39. Hüchel: 382
  40. Hülscheid: 82
  41. Issertshof: 20
  42. Käsberg: 69
  43. Kningelthal: 84
  44. Knippgierscheid: 33
  45. Köschbusch: 150
  46. Kraheck: 76
  47. Kümpel: 57
  48. Kurenbach: 86
  49. Kurscheid: 289
  50. Lanzenbach: 426
  51. Lauthausen: 558
  52. Lescheid: 47
  53. Lichtenberg: 1119
  54. Liesberg: 2
  55. Löbach: 24
  56. Lückert: 95
  57. Meisenbach: 73
  58. Michelshohn: 27
  59. Mittelscheid: 268
  60. Niederhalberg: 63
  61. Oberauel: 419
  62. Oberhalberg: 41
  63. Petershohn: 3
  64. Raveneck: 8
  65. Ravenstein: 35
  66. Rott: 838
  67. Röttgen: 42
  68. Rütsch: 26
  69. Schächer: 18
  70. Scheuren: 13
  71. Scheurenmühle: 25
  72. Sommershof: 66
  73. Söven: 968
  74. Stadt Blankenberg: 614
  75. Stein: 87
  76. Stoßdorf: 1678
  77. Striefen: 174
  78. Süchterscheid: 464
  79. Theishohn: 4
  80. Uckerath: 3446
  81. Wasserheß: 96
  82. Weingartsgasse: 224
  83. Weldergoven: 1045
  84. Wellesberg: 171
  85. Westerhausen: 506
  86. Wiederschall: 5
  87. Wiersberg: 48
  88. Wippenhohn: 32
  89. Zumhof: 34

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Hennef is twinned with:

Trivia

  • The first calibratable automatic weighing scales in the world were invented by Carl Reuther in Hennef
  • Hennef's current district of Geistingen was first mentioned in a document from 885. Hennef itself was first mentioned in 1075 as "Hannafo"
  • The national football team sometimes trains here; at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 the Argentina national football team stayed here.
  • Football teams Tura Hennef and F.C. Geistingen amalgamated in 2005 to become Hennef '05
  • The song What Is Love by Haddaway was written and produced in Hennef

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln" (in German). LDS NRW. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Hennef Stadt: Alle Dörfer und Weiler". www.hennef.de. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Partnerstädte". hennef.de (in German). Hennef (Sieg). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ "City of Foley Announces Their First Sister City". 19 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Hennef Stadt: Foley".
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