Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen
	Coat airms
	Wermelskirchen
	Location o Wermelskirchen athin Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis destrict
	Coordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°ECoordinates: 51°09′N 7°13′E / 51.150°N 7.217°E
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Köln
Destrict	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Govrenment
• Mayor	Eric Weik (FDP)
Area
• Total	74.66 km2 (28.83 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2021-12-31)
• Total	34,480
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	42929
Diallin codes	02196; 02193 (Dabringhausen)
Vehicle registration	GL
Website	www.wermelskirchen.de

Wermelskirchen is a toun in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany, sootheast o Remscheid. It is hame tae the warld's biggest live Christmas tree.

Coat o airms

The coat o airms o the ceety o Wermelskirchen leuks like a siller shield split intae thirds. In the left field is an aik tree. In the richt field there is a Swan an pictured in the middle field there is a kirk.

Education

Wermelskirchen haes an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic kirk an a Laitin schuil.

Economy

The ceety haes the heid office o OBI ^[2] and the oreegin of the castor manufacturer TENTE.

Notable fowk

Wermelskirchen is the birthplace o Carl Leverkus, foonder o a German chemical an pharmaceutical company in Leverkusen, whilk wis later owertakken bi Bayer an run bi Carl Duisberg.

Film director an writer Uwe Boll, director o Alone in the Dark an BloodRayne wis born here.

Thomas Kleine, German fitbawer, wis born in Wermelskirchen in 1977.

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
↑ "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."

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Freemit airtins

Offeecial wabsteid (in German)
Wabsteid o the burgh Dabringhausen Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.

[2] "Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389 ."

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