Hennef (Sieg)

Hennef (Sieg) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 km south-east of Siegburg and 15 km 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.

 * 1) Adscheid: 209
 * 2) Ahrenbach: 8
 * 3) Allner: 1424
 * 4) Altenbödingen: 433
 * 5) Altglück: 1
 * 6) Auel: 83
 * 7) Beiert: 12
 * 8) Berg: 61
 * 9) Blankenbach: 38
 * 10) Bödingen: 308
 * 11) Bröl: 1332
 * 12) Bülgenauel: 245
 * 13) Büllesbach: 48
 * 14) Büllesfeld: 11
 * 15) Dahlhausen: 158
 * 16) Dambroich: 671
 * 17) Darscheid: 55
 * 18) Depensiefen: 7
 * 19) Derenbach: 10
 * 20) Dondorf: 120
 * 21) Dürresbach: 18
 * 22) Eichholz: 166
 * 23) Eulenberg: 457
 * 24) Fernegierscheid: 95
 * 25) Greuelsiefen: 448
 * 26) Hahnenhardt: 19
 * 27) Halberg: 4
 * 28) Halmshanf: 14
 * 29) Hanf: 242
 * 30) Happerschoß: 1426
 * 31) Haus Ölgarten: 9
 * 32) Heckelsberg: 4
 * 33) Heisterschoß: 1203
 * 34) Hermesmühle: 25
 * 35) Hofen: 36
 * 36) Hommerich: 10
 * 37) Hossenberg: 35
 * 38) Hove: 27
 * 39) Hüchel: 382
 * 40) Hülscheid: 82
 * 41) Issertshof: 20
 * 42) Käsberg: 69
 * 43) Kningelthal: 84
 * 44) Knippgierscheid: 33
 * 45) Köschbusch: 150
 * 46) Kraheck: 76
 * 47) Kümpel: 57
 * 48) Kurenbach: 86
 * 49) Kurscheid: 289
 * 50) Lanzenbach: 426
 * 51) Lauthausen: 558
 * 52) Lescheid: 47
 * 53) Lichtenberg: 1119
 * 54) Liesberg: 2
 * 55) Löbach: 24
 * 56) Lückert: 95
 * 57) Meisenbach: 73
 * 58) Michelshohn: 27
 * 59) Mittelscheid: 268
 * 60) Niederhalberg: 63
 * 61) Oberauel: 419
 * 62) Oberhalberg: 41
 * 63) Petershohn: 3
 * 64) Raveneck: 8
 * 65) Ravenstein: 35
 * 66) Rott: 838
 * 67) Röttgen: 42
 * 68) Rütsch: 26
 * 69) Schächer: 18
 * 70) Scheuren: 13
 * 71) Scheurenmühle: 25
 * 72) Sommershof: 66
 * 73) Söven: 968
 * 74) Stadt Blankenberg: 614
 * 75) Stein: 87
 * 76) Stoßdorf: 1678
 * 77) Striefen: 174
 * 78) Süchterscheid: 464
 * 79) Theishohn: 4
 * 80) Uckerath: 3446
 * 81) Wasserheß: 96
 * 82) Weingartsgasse: 224
 * 83) Weldergoven: 1045
 * 84) Wellesberg: 171
 * 85) Westerhausen: 506
 * 86) Wiederschall: 5
 * 87) Wiersberg: 48
 * 88) Wippenhohn: 32
 * 89) Zumhof: 34

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)

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 here; 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