title: Kreuzau
text: 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.
  
  Municipal subdivisions 
  The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):
   Bogheim
   Boich
   Drove
   Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
   Leversbach
   Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
   Stockheim
   Thum
   Üdingen
   Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
   Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)
  
  In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.
  
  Twin towns
  Kreuzau is twinned with:
  
    Obervellach, Austria
    Plancoët, France
  
  References
  
  Düren (district)