Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen (De-Wermelskirchen.ogg; Ripuarian: Wärmelßkirrshe) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to one of Europe's biggest live Christmas trees (measuring 26m).
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• Type — Stadt • Name — Wermelskirchen • State — Nordrhein-Westfalen • Region — Köln • District — Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Elevation — 345 • Area — 74.8 • Postal Code — 42929 • Area Code — 02196 02193 (Dabringhausen) 02174 (Bechhausen) • Licence — GL • Gemeindeschlussel — 05 3 78 032 • Website — www.wermelskirchen.de • Mayor — Bernd Hibst • Leader Term — 2025–30 • Party — CDU
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Wermelskirchen is a place recorded by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Wermelskirchen as an inhabited place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record North Rhine-Westphalia as the administrative unit of Wermelskirchen.
Geography
Geography
The distance to Cologne is about 35 kilometers, to Düsseldorf about 45 kilometers. The neighboring municipalities are Remscheid, Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth, Kürten, Odenthal, Burscheid and Solingen. The townscape is characterized by Altberg slate and half-timbered houses. The city area of Wermelskirchen (area: 74,74 km²) composed out of three district's: the initial Wermelskirchen and the incorporated, previously independent municipalities, Dhünn and Dabringhausen.
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
• Illustration — Historic marker The coat-of-arms of the city of Wermelskirchen is a silver shield split into thirds. In the left field is an oak tree. In the right field there is a Swan and pictured in the middle field there is a church.
History
History
From 1822 to 1945, Wermelskirchen was part of the Prussian Rhine Province.
Education
Education
Wermelskirchen has an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic church and a Latin school.
Economy
Economy
The city has the head office of OBI and the origin of the caster manufacturer TENTE.
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Wermelskirchen is twinned with: • Forst, Germany since 1990 • Loches, France since 1974
Notable people
Notable people
• Carl Leverkus (1804–1889), founder of a German chemical and pharmaceutical company and the namesake of the city of Leverkusen • Uwe Boll (born 1965), film director and writer, restaurateur and founder of Bauhaus Restaurant chains in Canada • Tim Schrick (born 1976), racecar driver, and television presenter • Thomas Kleine (born 1977), footballer • Christian Lindner (born 1979), politician and Federal Minister of Finance (2021–present) • Marike Steinacker (born 1992), athlete, who competed in the women's discus throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics, in which she placed 6th and 4th respectively
Honorary citizens
• 1876: Ludwig von Bohlen • 1889: Carl Leverkus • 1895: Otto von Bismarck • 1933: Paul von Hindenburg
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Wahlergebnisse in Wermelskirchen Kommunalwahlen 2025, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 08 November 2025.
- 2.Landesdatabank Nordrhein-Westfalen Tabelle 12411-01i: Bevölkerungsstand - Gemeinden - Stichtag.
- 3."Impressum." OBI. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Komplementär OBI Heimwerkermarkt Systemzentrale GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7-9, 42929 Wermelskirchen, Amtsgericht Köln HR B 36389."
- 4.Wermelskirchen. Städtepartnerschaften & Patenschaften. wermelskirchen.de.
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