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Nideggen

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Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 6°29′00″E / 50.7°N 6.4833°E / 50.7; 6.4833

Nideggen
Toun gate - the Zülpicher Tor
Toun gate - the Zülpicher Tor
Coat of airms o Nideggen
Coat airms
Nideggen is located in Germany
Nideggen
Nideggen
Location o Nideggen athin Düren destrict
Coordinates: 50°42′N 06°29′E / 50.700°N 6.483°E / 50.700; 6.483
KintraGermany
State
  1. default: North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DestrictDüren
Govrenment
 • MayorMarco Schmunkamp[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total65.04 km2 (25.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total10,204
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
52385
Diallin codes02425, 02427, 02474
Vehicle registrationDN, 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

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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.

References

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  1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.