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'''Aegidienberg''' is a [[German]] [[municipality]] situated southeast of Köln/[[Cologne]]. Since [[1967]] it is part of the municipality of [[Bad Honnef]] on river [[Rhine]]. |
'''Aegidienberg''' is a [[German]] [[municipality]] situated southeast of Köln/[[Cologne]]. Since [[1967]] it is part of the municipality of [[Bad Honnef]] on river [[Rhine]]. |
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The name goes back on the [[Christian]] [[saint]] [[Aegidius]] ( |
The name goes back on the [[Christian]] [[saint]] [[Aegidius]] (French: Giles). |
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The municipalty itself consists of thirteen individual places: |
The municipalty itself consists of thirteen individual places: |
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Aegidienberg, Brüngsberg, Efferoth, Himberg, Höhe, Hövel, Neichen, Orscheid, Retscheid, Rottbitze, Siefenhoven, Wintersberg and Wülscheid. |
Aegidienberg, [[Brüngsberg]], [[Efferoth]], [[Himberg]], [[Höhe]], [[Hövel]], [[Neichen]], [[Orscheid]], [[Retscheid]], [[Rottbitze]], [[Siefenhoven]], [[Wintersberg]] and [[Wülscheid]]. |
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6,673 persons lived here in [[2002]] and the population is decently increasing. |
6,673 persons lived here in [[2002]] and the population is decently increasing. |
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Revision as of 16:24, 1 September 2004
Aegidienberg is a German municipality situated southeast of Köln/Cologne. Since 1967 it is part of the municipality of Bad Honnef on river Rhine.
The name goes back on the Christian saint Aegidius (French: Giles).
The municipalty itself consists of thirteen individual places: Aegidienberg, Brüngsberg, Efferoth, Himberg, Höhe, Hövel, Neichen, Orscheid, Retscheid, Rottbitze, Siefenhoven, Wintersberg and Wülscheid.
6,673 persons lived here in 2002 and the population is decently increasing. It has its own breed of horse - a very stable type of Iceland pony.
In November 1923 the last battle of the Rhine region's separatism was fought around the single villages of the municipality.