Euskirchen

Euskirchen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a contemporary buying metropolis, it also has a records relationship back over seven-hundred years, having been granted city reputation in 1302. As of December 2007, it had a population of fifty five,446. Parts of the historical city wall, and 3 of its protective towers, are nevertheless status. Tourists also are attracted to Euskirchen due to the proximity of two big cities, Cologne and Bonn, to the northeast, and the hills of the Eifel area to the south.

It is likewise the birthplace of Emil Fischer, born 1852, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1902. The neighborhood theatre in The Emil Fischer Gymnasium gives a extensive variety of cultural activities. The City Forum and the Parkhotel Euskirchen additionally make contributions to the town's cultural services. The word Euskirchen way Kirche auf der Aue. The Martinskirche is the oldest church in Euskirchen. Biggest local sports clubs in Euskirchen are the Turn- und Sportclub Euskirche, Leichtathletik-Gemeinschaft Olympia Euskirchen/Erftstadt and Laufclub Euskirchen. Sports centers are the Erftstadion, gym Ohm-Mirgel, Jahnhalle, gymnasium Emil-Fischer-Gymnasium, Im Auel and health club Marienschule.