Kreuzau

Geschichte

Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.GeographyNeighbouring communitiesKreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.Municipal subdivisionsThe municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015 Leversbach Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein) Stockheim Thum Üdingen Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein) Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich) In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.