Sankt_Augustin

Sankt Augustin

Sankt Augustin

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Not to be confused with Saint-Augustin (disambiguation) or Saint Augustine.

Sankt Augustin (Ripuarian: Sank Aujustin) 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 town centre in 1913. The municipality of Sankt Augustin was established in 1969, and on September 6, 1977 Sankt Augustin acquired town privileges (German: Stadtrechte).[3] Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km northeast of Bonn and three km southwest of Siegburg.

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Mayors

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  • 1969–1984: Karl Gatzweiler (CDU)
  • 1989–1994: Wilfried Wessel (CDU)
  • 1994–1995: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1995: Hans Jaax (SPD) (temporary)
  • 1995–1999: Anke Riefers (SPD)
  • 1999–2020: Klaus Schumacher (CDU)
  • Since 2020: Max Leitterstorf (CDU)

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Sankt Augustin is twinned with:[4]

Government organizations

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    Augustin, Stadt Sankt (2019-03-01). "Unsere Stadt". Content Management System (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. [4]
    "Unsere Partnerstädte im Ausland". sankt-augustin.de (in German). Sankt Augustin. Retrieved 2021-03-19.


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