Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. south-east of Siegburg and 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
Population
Twin towns – sister cities
Hennef is twinned with: Banbury, England, United Kingdom (1981) Le Pecq, France (1997) Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland (2001) Foley, Alabama, United States (2022)
Transport links
Henenf is served by the lines S12 and S19 of the Cologne S-Bahn and the local train RE9 (Rhein-Sieg-Express), it is located in the area of the fare association Rheinland-Tarif.
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
References
External links
Stadt Hennef – Official website John Rosauer, "Erinnerungen an den Krieg an der Sieg." "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.