Wermelskirchen

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Coordinates: 51°9′N 7°13′E

Wermelskirchen
Coat of arms of Wermelskirchen Location of Wermelskirchen in Germany
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region Cologne
District Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Population 37,864 (2005)
Area 74.66 km²
Population density 492 /km²
Elevation 345 m
Coordinates 51°9′ N 7°13′ E
Postal code 42929
Area code 02196, 02193
Licence plate code GL
Mayor Eric Weik (FDP)
Website wermelskirchen.de

Wermelskirchen is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It contains an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church and a Latin school.

It is also the birthplace of Carl Leverkus, founder of the German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer and is also home to the world's biggest live Christmas tree.

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The coat-of-arms of the city of Wermelskirchen looks like a silver shield split into thirds. In the left field is an oak tree. In the right field there is a Swan and pictured in the middle field there is a church.

Film director and writer Uwe Boll, director of Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne was born here.



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Coat of Arms of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
Cities and towns in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

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