Nideggen

Nideggen
Toun gate - the Zülpicher Tor
Coat airms
Nideggen
Location o Nideggen athin Düren destrict
Coordinates: 50°42′N 06°29′E
Kintra	Germany
State	default: North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
Destrict	Düren
Govrenment
• Mayor	Marco Schmunkamp (Ind.)
Area
• Total	65.04 km2 (25.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	10,204
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	52385
Diallin codes	02425, 02427, 02474
Vehicle registration	DN, JÜL

Restored keep o Burg Nideggen

Nideggen is a toun in the destrict o Düren in the state o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. It is locatit on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km sooth o Düren.

Nideggen is kent for its ruined, but pairtly restored castle (Burg Nideggen) an the saundstane rocks alang the Rur. It is twinned wi Thatcham in Berkshire, Ingland. The first mention in history wis in 1184.

The toun wis creatit in 1972 bi amalgamation o aicht till then independent communities: Abenden (853 indwallers), Berg-Thuir (721), Brück (308), Embken (814), Muldenau (197), Nideggen (3.271), Rath (902), Schmidt (3.093), Wollersheim (707). It is situatit atween 250 an 450 metres abuin sea level.

Geographical position

Nideggen lies on the river Rur an at the banks o the Rurtalsperre, the seicont lairgest dam in Germany. The region is famous for its precipitous Early Triassic rocks o Buntsandstein in the valley o Rur an is situatit atween 250 an 450 metres ower sea level.