Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Brühl (Rhineland)

Brühl
Augustusburg Palace
Augustusburg Palace
Coat of arms of Brühl
Brühl is located in Germany
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Brühl
Coordinates 50°50′N 6°54′E / 50.83333°N 6.9°E / 50.83333; 6.9
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Town subdivisions 7
Mayor Michael Kreuzberg (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 36.12 km2 (13.95 sq mi)
Elevation 65 m  (213 ft)
Population 44,260 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 1,225 /km2 (3,174 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BM
Postal code 50321
Area code 02232
Website www.bruehl.de
Max-Ernst-Museum Brühl.

Brühl is a town in the Rhineland of Germany. It is located in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, 20 km south of Cologne city center and at the edge of Naturpark Kottenforst-Ville Nature Reserve.

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History

Brühl about 1900.

The town of Brühl was the residence of the Prince Bishops of Cologne. In the 18th century the Prince Bishop Clemens August replaced a former ruined castle and built the Augustusburg and Falkenlust palaces near the city centre. Today both are listed as UNESCO - World Heritage Sites. Until 1990 Augustusburg Palace was used by the West German government to receive foreign heads of states visiting West Germany.

Main sights

  • The amusement park Phantasialand.
  • The Max-Ernst-Museum, opened in 2005. It displays sculptures and paintings of the surrealistic artist Max Ernst, who was born in Brühl.
  • Local history and pottery are shown in two small museums in the city (Museumsinsel),

Infrastructure

Brühl station is on the Left Rhine line and the nearby Kierberg station is on the Eifel Railway. Brühl also has several stops on line 18 of the Cologne Stadtbahn.

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 
Towns in Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Bedburg | Bergheim | Brühl | Elsdorf | Erftstadt | Frechen | Hürth | Kerpen | Pulheim | Wesseling 
Coat of Arms of Rhein-Erft-Kreis district


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