Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the
Rhein-Sieg
The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Neuwied (district), Neuwied, Ah ...
district of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
, Germany. It is situated on the river
Sieg
Sieg may refer to:
People
* Carl Sieg (1784–1845), German painter and lithographer
* Victor Sieg (1837–1899), French composer and organist
* Lee Paul Sieg (1879–1963), a former president of the University of Washington
* Paul Eugen Si ...
, approx. south-east of
Siegburg
Siegburg (; i.e. ''fort on the Sieg (river), Sieg river''; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Sieburch'') is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the banks of the rivers Sieg (river), Sieg ...
and east of
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district). It is the site of the 15th-century castle,
Schloss Allner
Schloss Allner is a fifteenth-century castle in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the southern slope of the Nutscheid Ridge, on the north bank of the River Sieg, and just northeast of the Allner See. It lies to ...
, next to the
Allner See
Allner See is an artificial lake near Hennef in Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At an elevation of 63,5 m, its surface area is 0.10 km2. Directly to the north is the 15th century castle Schloss Allner.
Starting in 1979 exca ...
. Within Hennef is the town of
Stadt Blankenberg, with the castle of Blankenberg.
Villages in Hennef
Hennef is known as the "City of 100 villages". The official list counts 89.
List of villages with number of inhabitants in 2024.
# Adscheid: 209
# Ahrenbach: 8
# Allner: 1424
# Altenbödingen: 433
# Altglück: 1
# Auel: 83
# Beiert: 12
# Berg: 61
# Blankenbach: 38
# Bödingen: 308
# Bröl: 1332
# Bülgenauel: 245
# Büllesbach: 48
# Büllesfeld: 11
# Dahlhausen: 158
# Dambroich: 671
# Darscheid: 55
# Depensiefen: 7
# Derenbach: 10
# Dondorf: 120
# Dürresbach: 18
# Eichholz: 166
# Eulenberg: 457
# Fernegierscheid: 95
# Greuelsiefen: 448
# Hahnenhardt: 19
# Halberg: 4
# Halmshanf: 14
# Hanf: 242
# Happerschoß: 1426
# Haus Ölgarten: 9
# Heckelsberg: 4
# Heisterschoß: 1203
# Hermesmühle: 25
# Hofen: 36
# Hommerich: 10
# Hossenberg: 35
# Hove: 27
# Hüchel: 382
# Hülscheid: 82
# Issertshof: 20
# Käsberg: 69
# Kningelthal: 84
# Knippgierscheid: 33
# Köschbusch: 150
# Kraheck: 76
# Kümpel: 57
# Kurenbach: 86
# Kurscheid: 289
# Lanzenbach: 426
# Lauthausen: 558
# Lescheid: 47
# Lichtenberg: 1119
# Liesberg: 2
# Löbach: 24
# Lückert: 95
# Meisenbach: 73
# Michelshohn: 27
# Mittelscheid: 268
# Niederhalberg: 63
# Oberauel: 419
# Oberhalberg: 41
# Petershohn: 3
# Raveneck: 8
# Ravenstein: 35
# Rott: 838
# Röttgen: 42
#
Rütsch
Rütsch is an ''Ortsteil'' (village) in the city of Hennef in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Location
The village lies in an altitude ranging from 131 to 167 meters above sea level on the slopes of ...
: 26
# Schächer: 18
# Scheuren: 13
# Scheurenmühle: 25
# Sommershof: 66
# Söven: 968
# Stadt Blankenberg: 614
# Stein: 87
# Stoßdorf: 1678
# Striefen: 174
# Süchterscheid: 464
# Theishohn: 4
# Uckerath: 3446
# Wasserheß: 96
# Weingartsgasse: 224
# Weldergoven: 1045
# Wellesberg: 171
# Westerhausen: 506
# Wiederschall: 5
# Wiersberg: 48
# Wippenhohn: 32
# Zumhof: 34
Twin towns – sister cities
Hennef is
twinned with:
*
Banbury
Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.
Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding ...
, England, United Kingdom (1981)
*
Le Pecq
Le Pecq () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
Geography
The commune of Le Pecq is located in a loop of the Se ...
, France (1997)
*
Nowy Dwór Gdański
Nowy Dwor Gdanski (; ; formerly ) is a town in Poland on the Tuja river in the Żuławy Wiślane
Żuławy Wiślane (plural from "żuława", meaning fen), in English known as the Vistula Fens, is the alluvial delta area of the river Vistula, in ...
, Poland (2001)
*
Foley, Alabama
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 20,335 Foley is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area, which includes all of Baldwin County.
History
Fo ...
, United States (2022)
Trivia
* The first calibratable automatic weighing scales in the world were invented by Carl Reuther in Hennef
* Hennef's current district of Geistingen was first mentioned in a document from 885. Hennef itself was first mentioned in 1075 as "Hannafo"
* The
national football team sometimes trains at the
Sportschule Hennef; at the
FIFA Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBO ...
in 2005 the
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ( ...
stayed here.
* Football teams Tura Hennef and F.C. Geistingen amalgamated in 2005 to become Hennef '05
* The song
What Is Love
"What Is Love" is a song by Trinidadian-German singer Haddaway, released as his debut single from his debut album, ''The Album (Haddaway album), The Album'' (1993). The song, both written and produced by Tony Hendrik, Dee Dee Halligan and Karin ...
by
Haddaway
Nestor Alexander Haddaway (born 9 January 1965) is a Trinidadian-born German singer best known for his 1993 hit single " What Is Love", which reached number 1 in 13 countries.
Early life
Haddaway was born in Trinidad and Tobago. His father wa ...
was written and produced in Hennef
Notable people
*
Annika Zeyen
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Annika Zeyen-Giles (née Annika Zeyen born 17 February 1985) is a former 1.5-point wheelchair basketball player, who has played for ASV Bonn, RSV Lahn-Dill and BG Baskets Hamburg in the German wheelchair basketball league, and for the Univers ...
(born 1985), Paralympic champion (wheelchair basketball and Handbike)
*
Joseph Dietzgen
Peter Josef Dietzgen (December 9, 1828April 15, 1888) was a German socialist philosophy, philosopher, Marxist, and journalist.
Dietzgen was born in Hennef (Sieg), Blankenberg in the Rhine Province of Prussia. He was the first of five children o ...
(1828–1888), philosopher
*
Hank Levine
Hans-Werner Maria Levy (born 29 June 1965), better known as Hank Levine, is a German director, documentary filmmaker and writer based in Berlin, Germany. He is known for producing Academy Awards nominated films such as '' City of God'' and '' Wast ...
(born 1965), movie director, producer
*
Walter von Loë
Friedrich Karl Walter Degenhard Freiherr von Loë (9 September 1828 – 6 July 1908) was a Prussian soldier and aristocrat. Loë had the distinction of being one of the few Roman Catholics to reach the rank of ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (field marsh ...
(1828–1908), Prussian field marshal
*
Ranga Yogeshwar
Ranganathan Gregoire Yogeshwar (born 18 May 1959) is a Luxembourgish physicist and science journalist based in Germany. He started gaining attention at the end of the 1980s in the German-speaking area for his science documentaries that were oft ...
(born 1959), scientist
*
Kim Petras
Kim Petras (, ; born 27 August 1992) is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records, before signing with Amigo and Republic Reco ...
(born 1992), pop singer and songwriter
References
External links
Stadt Hennef– Official website
John Rosauer, "Erinnerungen an den Krieg an der Sieg.""Memories of War on the Sieg," an account of the destruction of Hennef by Allied forces during World War II, based on interviews with survivors.

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