Erftstadt

Erftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft. Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829, as was Joseph Kentenich, a Catholic Priest of the Pallottine order and founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, on 16 November 1885. He is also remembered as a thinker, theologian, and educationalist. Nice to visit is the castle "Schloss Gracht". It was build by Graf von Metternich. He also build the church St. Alban. In Erftstadt are four further schools: two Gymnasiums and two Realschulen. The biggest gymnasium is the Ville-Gymnasium-Erftstadt, also known as VGE. Erftstadt is next to a forest called Ville. The neighbour towns are: Brühl, Kerpen, Zülpich and Weilerswist.
Twin towns – sister cities.
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