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'''Aegidienberg''' Municipality situated southeast of Köln/Cologne. Since 1967 it's part of the municipality of Bad Honnef on river Rhine. |
'''Aegidienberg''' Municipality situated southeast of Köln/[[Cologne]]. Since 1967 it's part of the municipality of Bad Honnef on river Rhine. |
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The name goes back on the christian saint [[Aegidius]] (french: Giles). |
The name goes back on the christian saint [[Aegidius]] (french: Giles). |
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Revision as of 23:09, 15 April 2004
Aegidienberg Municipality situated southeast of Köln/Cologne. Since 1967 it's 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 horserace - a very stable type of iceland pony.
In November 1923 the last battle of the Rhine region's seperatism was faught around the single villages of the municipality.
Hope I said this right - Greetings from Spain to my home pals ... Lothar Velling