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Wermelskirchen (; 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).

Key facts

German place.district
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
German place.type
Stadt
German place.name
Wermelskirchen
German place.image_flag
Flagge Wermelskirchen.svg
German place.image_coa
DEU Wermelskirchen COA.svg
German place.image_skyline
P1990204 001 Katholische Kirche St. Michael, Wermelskirchen.jpg
German place.image_caption
Church of Saint Michael
German place.image_plan
Wermelskirchen in GL.svg
German place.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German place.region
Köln
German place.elevation
345
German place.area
74.8
German place.postal_code
42929
German place.area_code
0219602193 (Dabringhausen)02174 (Bechhausen)
German place.licence
GL
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 3 78 032
German place.website
www.wermelskirchen.de
German place.mayor
Bernd Hibst

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Wermelskirchen
Country
Germany
Population
34673
Area
74.8
Elevation
345
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Odenthal
Official website
www.wermelskirchen.de
Image
P1990204 001 Katholische Kirche St. Michael, Wermelskirchen.jpg
Dialing code
02174
Licence plate code
GL
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Category:Wermelskirchen
native label
Wermelskirchen
twinned administrative body
Forst (Lausitz)
Commons category
Wermelskirchen
postal code
42929
hashtag
Wermelskirchen
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • History
  • Education
  • Economy
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • Honorary citizens
  • References
  • External links

Wermelskirchen (; 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).

==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.

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

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