Hennef (Sieg)

Hennef (Sieg) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛnɛf] ⓘ) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 kilometres (4 miles) south-east of Siegburg and 15 km (9 mi) east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district). It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the Allner See. Within Hennef is the town of Stadt Blankenberg, with the castle of Blankenberg.

Villages in Hennef

Hennef is known as the "City of 100 villages". The official list counts 89.

List of villages with number of inhabitants in 2024.

Adscheid: 209
Ahrenbach: 8
Allner: 1424
Altenbödingen: 433
Altglück: 1
Auel: 83
Beiert: 12
Berg: 61
Blankenbach: 38
Bödingen: 308
Bröl: 1332
Bülgenauel: 245
Büllesbach: 48
Büllesfeld: 11
Dahlhausen: 158
Dambroich: 671
Darscheid: 55
Depensiefen: 7
Derenbach: 10
Dondorf: 120
Dürresbach: 18
Eichholz: 166
Eulenberg: 457
Fernegierscheid: 95
Greuelsiefen: 448
Hahnenhardt: 19
Halberg: 4
Halmshanf: 14
Hanf: 242
Happerschoß: 1426
Haus Ölgarten: 9
Heckelsberg: 4
Heisterschoß: 1203
Hermesmühle: 25
Hofen: 36
Hommerich: 10
Hossenberg: 35
Hove: 27
Hüchel: 382
Hülscheid: 82
Issertshof: 20
Käsberg: 69
Kningelthal: 84
Knippgierscheid: 33
Köschbusch: 150
Kraheck: 76
Kümpel: 57
Kurenbach: 86
Kurscheid: 289
Lanzenbach: 426
Lauthausen: 558
Lescheid: 47
Lichtenberg: 1119
Liesberg: 2
Löbach: 24
Lückert: 95
Meisenbach: 73
Michelshohn: 27
Mittelscheid: 268
Niederhalberg: 63
Oberauel: 419
Oberhalberg: 41
Petershohn: 3
Raveneck: 8
Ravenstein: 35
Rott: 838
Röttgen: 42
Rütsch: 26
Schächer: 18
Scheuren: 13
Scheurenmühle: 25
Sommershof: 66
Söven: 968
Stadt Blankenberg: 614
Stein: 87
Stoßdorf: 1678
Striefen: 174
Süchterscheid: 464
Theishohn: 4
Uckerath: 3446
Wasserheß: 96
Weingartsgasse: 224
Weldergoven: 1045
Wellesberg: 171
Westerhausen: 506
Wiederschall: 5
Wiersberg: 48
Wippenhohn: 32
Zumhof: 34

Twin towns – sister cities

Hennef is twinned with:

England Banbury, England, United Kingdom (1981)
France Le Pecq, France (1997)
Poland Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland (2001)
United States Foley, Alabama, United States (2022)

Trivia

The first calibratable automatic weighing scales in the world were invented by Carl Reuther in Hennef
Hennef's current district of Geistingen was first mentioned in a document from 885. Hennef itself was first mentioned in 1075 as "Hannafo"
The national football team sometimes trains at the Sportschule Hennef; at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 the Argentina national football team stayed here.
Football teams Tura Hennef and F.C. Geistingen amalgamated in 2005 to become Hennef '05
The song What Is Love by Haddaway was written and produced in Hennef

Notable people

Annika Zeyen (born 1985), Paralympic champion (wheelchair basketball and Handbike)
Joseph Dietzgen (1828–1888), philosopher
Hank Levine (born 1965), movie director, producer
Walter von Loë (1828–1908), Prussian field marshal
Ranga Yogeshwar (born 1959), scientist
Kim Petras (born 1992), pop singer and songwriter

External links

– Official website (in German)
"Memories of War on the Sieg," an account of the destruction of Hennef by Allied forces during World War II, based on interviews with survivors.