Schleiden is a town in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

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. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017. Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the

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between

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and

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. The town consists of 18 settlements, the largest of which are

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and Schleiden proper.

History

Mayors

http://www.schleiden.de/sv_schleiden/Rathaus/Rathaus%20&%20Politik/Rathaus/Verwaltungsorganisation/Verwaltungsf%C3%BChrung%20seit%201972 administration since 1972 homepage of the town Schleiden * 1972−1975: Max Fesenmeyer (independent) * 1975−1984: Herbert Hermesdorf (1914-1999) (CDU) * 1984−1995: Alois Sommer (CDU) * 1995−1997: Dieter Wolter (CDU) * 1997−2004: Christoph Lorbach (CDU) * 2004−2012: Ralf Hergarten (independent) * 2012–2018: Udo Meister (FDP) * 2018– : Ingo Pfennings (CDU)

Education

There are the following schools in the city: *Municipal High School *Clara-Fey-High School, Schleiden (carrier is the diocese of Aachen) *Municipal Secondary School *Primary school *Elementary school *Elementary school Gemünd *Elementary school Dreiborn *Astrid Lindgren School, Schleiden Schloss Schleiden 005-

Public figures

* Johannes Sturm (Sturmius) (1507–1589), educator and scholar of the Renaissance, a professor in Paris and founder of the University of Strasbourg * Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556), historian, professor, Schleiden / Strasbourg * Leopold Schoeller (1792–1884), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce * Gustav Poensgen (1824–1904), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce * Rudolf Poensgen (1826–1895), industrialist and councillor of commerce * Carl Poensgen (1838–1921), industrialist and Privy Councillor of Commerce * Larres Albert (1900–1987), painter * Francis Albert Heinen (born 1953), journalist and nonfiction writer * George Schreiber (born 1958), photographer * Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter

References

{{Authority control Euskirchen (district) Districts of the Rhine Province