Kerpen

Kerpen is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany. It is located about 30 kilometers southwest from Cologne.

Division of the town

The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Blatzheim, Buir, Manheim, Kerpen, Mödrath, Türnich, Brüggen, Balkhausen, Sindorf and Horrem were merged.

Notable people

Recently Kerpen has become more famous as being the hometown of the Catholic priest and social reformer Adolph Kolping and the Formula One racing drivers Michael Schumacher and his brother Ralf Schumacher as well as Wolfgang von Trips and reggae artist Patrice Bart-Williams.

Education

In Kerpen there is for example the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen.

Twinned cities

The town has been twinned since 1993 with Oświęcim in Poland, more commonly known by its German name "Auschwitz", site of the largest of the Nazi concentration camps. Kerpen is also twinned with St. Vith in Belgium.

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Kerpen (disambiguation)

Kerpen is a village in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Kerpen may also refer to:

Kerpen (surname)

Kerpen or von Kerpen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: