Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
🇩🇪 Brühl is a town in the Rhineland, Germany. It is located in the district of Rhine-Erft, 20 km south of the Cologne city centre and at the edge of the Rhineland Nature Park, a famous nature reserve.
History Brühl received its town privileges in 1285. From 1567 on, the city of Brühl was the official residence of the Prince Bishops of Cologne. In the 18th century the Prince Bishop Clemens August replaced a former ruined castle and built the Augustusburg and Falkenlust palaces near the city center. Today, both are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites because of their outstanding rococo architecture. Until 1990 Augustusburg Palace was used by the federal government to receive foreign heads of states visiting West Germany.
Tourist Industry • The amusement park Phantasialand • The Max Ernst Museum, opened in 2005. It displays sculptures and paintings of the surrealistic artist Max Ernst (who was born in Brühl) and other modern art. • Local history and pottery are shown in two small museums in the city centre
Infrastructure Brühl station is on the Left Rhine line and the nearby Kierberg station is on the Eifel railway. Brühl also has several stops on line 18 of the Cologne tram line.
Europe/Berlin/North_Rhine-Westphalia
Brühl has a population of over 43,998 people. Brühl also forms one of the centres of the wider Rhine-Erft District which has a population of over 471,891 people. It is also a part of the larger Köln Region.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Brühl has links with:
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🇧🇪 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 50.833
🏴 Shoreham-by-Sea 50.834
🇧🇪 Anderlecht 50.835
🏴 Chichester 50.836
🏴 Littlehampton 50.821
🇩🇪 Eschweiler 50.817
🇧🇪 Saint-Gilles 50.817
🇵🇱 Częstochowa 50.811
🏴 Portsmouth 50.8
🇫🇷 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 6.949
Locations Near: Brühl 6.9,50.8333
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🇩🇪 Euskirchen 6.792,50.66 d: 20.8
🇩🇪 Kerpen 6.693,50.873 d: 15.2
🇩🇪 Leverkusen 6.982,51.033 d: 23
🇩🇪 Dormagen 6.817,51.1 d: 30.2
🇩🇪 Bergisch Gladbach 7.134,50.992 d: 24.1
Antipodal to: Brühl -173.1,-50.833
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15766.4
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