Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is located on the river

Rur The Rur or Roer (german: Rur ; Dutch and li, Roer, , ; french: Rour) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse ( nl, links=no, Maas). About 90 perce ...

, approx. 5 km south of

Düren Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur. History Roman era The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a people ...

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of

and the municipalities of

Nörvenich Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren. See also *Nörvenich Air Base Nörvenich Air Base (Fliegerhorst Nörvenich) is a German Air Force ...

Vettweiß Vettweiß (alternative spelling: ''Vettweiss'') is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is ...

Nideggen Nideggen () is a town in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south of Düren. Nideggen is known for its ruined, but partly restored ...

and

Hürtgenwald Hürtgenwald is a municipality in the district of Düren in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Düren. Much of the area is covered by forest (Hürtgenwald in li ...

, all in the county of Düren.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality Kreuzau includes the following

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

es (''Ortsteil''): * Bogheim * Boich * Drove * Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015 * Leversbach * Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein) *

Stockheim Stockheim is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria in Germany. It is located on Bundesstraße 85 The Bundesstraße 85 (abbr. B 85) runs southeast through Thuringia and Bavaria, from Kyffhäuser to Passau, near the Austrian bord ...

Thum Thum is a small town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Thum has a population of about 5800. Geography Thum is situated in the Erzgebirge, 10 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 19 km south of ...

* 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 Obervellach ( sl, Zgornja Bela) is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The town is situated in the valley of the Möll river, on the southern slope of the High Tauern mountain ran ...

, Austria *

Plancoët Plancoët (; br, Plangoed; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Plancoét'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. The Arguenon river fl ...

, France

References

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