Sankt Augustin

Not to be confused with Saint-Augustin or Saint Augustine.

Sankt Augustin
Sankt Augustin
Location of the town of Sankt Augustin within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
Coordinates	50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77°N 7.18667°E / 50.77; 7.18667Coordinates: 50°46′12″N 7°11′12″E / 50.77°N 7.18667°E / 50.77; 7.18667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Town subdivisions	8
Mayor	Klaus Schumacher (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	34.22 km2 (13.21 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m  (213 ft)
Population	55,442 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	1,620 /km2 (4,196 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SU
Postal code	53757
Area code	02241
Website	www.sankt-augustin.de

Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The Missionaries established a monastery near the current city centre in 1913. Sankt Augustin is situated about eight km north-east of Bonn and three km south-west of Siegburg.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Sankt Augustin is twinned with:

• Grantham, United Kingdom
• Mevaseret Zion, Israel
• Szentes, Hungary.

Government Organisations

• West Regional Command German Federal Police, (Bundespolizei) headquarter of Border Guards, Group 9 GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
• Logistics of unified armed forces of Germany, (Bundeswehr)
• Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitsschutz - BGIA, the Occupational Institute for Work Safety

Famous denizens

• Klaus Kinkel (* 1936), former politician (FDP), living in Sankt Augustin

References

1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.