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Kreuzau

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Location of Kreuzau within Düren district

(2020–25) Ingo Eßer^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total41.77 km² (16.13 sq mi)Highest elevation

360 m (1,180 ft)Lowest elevation

142 m (466 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total17,687 • Density420/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

52372

Dialling codes02422, 02427, 02421Vehicle registrationDNWebsitewww.kreuzau.de

Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):

Bogheim
Boich
Drove
Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
Leversbach
Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
Stockheim
Thum
Üdingen
Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)

In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.

Twin towns

Kreuzau is twinned with:

Obervellach, Austria
Plancoët, France

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 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.