Neunkirchen-Seelscheid () is a municipality 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 in the southern part of

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. Beside the two principal places Neunkirchen and Seelscheid there are numerous smaller localities among the municipality.

Geography

Neunkirchen-Seelscheid is located 20 km north-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 ...

and 25 km south-east from

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

in the southern part of the region of

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(''Bergisches Land''). The northwest municipality border is formed by the river course of the Naafbach, while the

Bröl The Bröl (also called the Brölbach or the Homburgische Bröl) is a 45.1 km long right tributary of the Sieg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The river flows through the districts of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis and Oberbergischer Kreis. The riv ...

acts as the southeast border. The Wahnbach flows through the municipality.

Neighbour municipalities

Neighbouring cities are

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 ...

Hennef Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg (river), Sieg, approx. south-east of Siegburg and east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis ...

Overath Overath (; ) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Rheinisch-Bergischer district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Overath is located about 25 km east of Cologne, in the Berg (German region), Bergisches Land. Despite th ...

and

Lohmar Lohmar (; Ripuarian: ''Luhme'') is a municipality and a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the Bergisches Land a ...

. Neighbouring municipalities are Much and

Ruppichteroth Ruppichteroth is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in the southern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 30 kilometers east of Bonn. Districts In 1969, the old municipality of Winterscheid became part of R ...

Subdivisions

Beside the two principal places Neunkirchen (5423) and Seelscheid (5788) there are following localities within the municipality (population between brackets) Balensiefen (20), Birken (58), Birkenfeld (174), Birkenmühle (5), Brackemich (106), Breiderheide (3), Breitscheid, Bruchhausen (59), Busch (14), Effert (2), Eich (101), Eischeid (508), Gutmühle (39), Hardt (43), Hasenbach (315), Hausen, Hausermühle (71), Heidgen, Heister (110), Herkenrath (137), Hermerath (342), Hermerather Mühle, Herrenwiesermühle, Hochhausen (397), Hohn (101), Höfferhof, Hülscheid (418), Ingersau (62), Ingersaueler Mühle (6), Kaule (37), Kotthausen, Köbach (112), Krahwinkel (200), Meisenbach, Mohlscheid (383), Nackhausen (319), Niederhorbach (164), Niederwennerscheid (507), Oberdorst (364), Oberheister (413), Oberhorbach (64), Oberste Zeith, Oberwennerscheid (432), Ohlig (10), Ohmerath (31), Pinn (45), Pixhof, Pohlhausen (492), Rehwiese (6), Remschoß (254), Rengert (222), Renzert (64), Rippert (128), Schaaren, Scherpekotten (2), Scherpemich, Schöneshof (454), Siefen (34), Söntgerath (134), Stein (125), Steinermühle (19), Straßen (84), Unterste Zeith, Wahlen (22), Wahn (197), Weiert (32), Wende (4), Weesbach, Wiescheid, Wolperath (1288)

Population

*1998 – 19.515 *1999 – 19.874 *2000 – 20.079 *2001 – 20.328 *2002 – 20.674 *2003 – 20.898 *2004 – 21.020 *2005 – 21.000 *2006 – 20.946 *2007 – 20.902 *2008 – 20.868 *2009 – 20.855 *2010 – 20.822 *2011 - 20.756 *2012 – 20.613 *2013 – 20.497 *2014 – 20.593 *2015 – 20.958 *2016 – 20.158 *2017 - 19.758

History

* ca. 5000 BC - first remains of human settlement * 1178 - first documentary mention * 1969 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid were made of the two old municipalities Neunkirchen and Seelscheid

Politics

The 40 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows since the September 2020 elections: * CDU - 16 seats * SPD - 11 seats *

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- 9 seats * FDP - 2 seats * Wir für Neunkirchen-Seelscheid - 1 seat * Demokratie durch Volksabstimmung - 1 seat

Twin towns

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Notable people

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(born 1960), German politician (FDP)