Kreuzau

Kreuzau () is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.

Municipal subdivisions

The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):

• Bogheim
• Boich
• Drove
• Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
• Leversbach
• Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
• Stockheim
• Thum
• Üdingen
• Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
• Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)

In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.

Twin towns

Kreuzau is twinned with:

• Obervellach, Austria
• Plancoët, France

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