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Kreuzau () is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

Key facts

German location.type
Gemeinde
German location.name
Kreuzau
German location.image_flag
Flagge Kreuzau.svg
German location.image_coa
DEU Kreuzau COA.svg
German location.image_photo
Kreuzau Denkmal-Nr. 22, Hauptstraße 5 (982).jpg
German location.image_caption
Kreuzau Castle
German location.image_plan
Kreuzau in DN.svg
German location.state
North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region
Köln
German location.district
Düren
German location.elevation
142 - 360
German location.area
41.73
German location.postal_code
52372
German location.area_code
02422, 02427, 02421
German location.licence
DN
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 3 58 028
German location.website
www.kreuzau.de
German location.mayor
Ingo Eßer

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Kreuzau
Country
Germany
Located in
Düren district
Population
17756
Area
41.73
Elevation
163
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Vettweiß
Official website
kreuzau.de
Image
Bf-kreuzau.jpg
Dialing code
02427
Licence plate code
DN
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Commons category
Kreuzau
twinned administrative body
Obervellach
postal code
52372
P6814
Kreuzau
native label
Kreuzau
hashtag
Kreuzau
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Neighbouring communities
  • Municipal subdivisions
  • Twin towns
  • References

Kreuzau () is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

== Geography == === Neighbouring communities === Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kreuzau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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