Erftstadt

Erftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft. Carl Schurz, a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War was born in Erftstadt-Liblar on March 2, 1829 as was Joseph Kentenicha Catholic Priest of the Pallottine order and founder of the Schoenstatt Movement on 16 November 1885. He is also remembered as a thinker, theologian, and educationalist.International relationsErftstadt is twinned with: – Wokingham, United Kingdom (1977) – Viry-Châtillon, France (1980) – Jelenia Góra, Poland (1995)Wards of ErftstadtAhremBlessem/FrauenthalBliesheimBorrDirmerzheimErpFriesheimGymnichHerrigKierdorfKöttingenLechenichLiblarNiederberg