Nettersheim () is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 20km south-west of Euskirchen. The rivers Erft and Urft have their source in the municipality.

Geography

The district of the city Netterheim is built out of the constituent communities (Ortsteile):

• Zingsheim, also administrative headquarters

• Pesch

• Roderath

• Tondorf

• Bouderath

• Buir

• Engelgau

• Frohngau

• Holzmülheim

• Marmagen

• Nettersheim (accordingly)

Population

Education and culture

• Kindergarten (5 in city district)

• Family center

• Primary school (2 in city district)

• Secondary school (lower level, Hauptschule)

• House of literature, with included library

• Nature information centrum Eifel

• Archeological park with several information points

• Public education center

• Culture and Art center, located at the old railway station building

• Permanent exhibition, located at town hall (since 2007)

• Art installation, named „Macht der Drei“

• Agricultural museum Nettersheimer Hof

• Wood competence center

Tourism

In the city of Nettersheim there is a tourist information, which is located at the „Naturzentrum Eifel” building.

Hiking

Several hiking trails start or pass by Nettersheim, such as:

• Eifelsteig

• Römerkanal-Path

• Jakobsweg

• Eifeler Quellenpfad

• Eifeler Kräuterpfad

Climate

People

• Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), German Renaissance polymath, writer, physician and legal scholar

• Horst Lichter (born 1962), German cook, television cook, cookbook author and moderator

References

External links

• Nettersheim website

• Archeological park

• Cultural association

• Wood competence center