SWISTTAL

'Swisttal' is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Swisttal received its names from a brook named Swist, which flows in the middle of the municipality.

Contents

Geography

Division of the municipality

Buildings and places

Parks

External links

Geography

Swisttal is situated approx. 15 km west of Bonn. it covers a surface of approx. 65 km² (10 km² forest surface (the Kottenforst), agriculture surface 49 km²).

Division of the municipality

The municipality consists of the local districts

★ Heimerzheim

★ Buschhoven

★ Dünstekoven

★ Essig

★ Ludendorf

★ Miel (Swisttal)

★ Ollheim

★ Odendorf

★ Morenhoven

★ Straßfeld
as well as the hamlets Hohn, Vershoven, Moemerzheim and Muettinghoven. The local administration is situated between the villages Ludendorf and Essig.

Buildings and places

In the proximity of the partial place Buschhoven lies the route of the earlier Eifel water pipeline (Eifel Aqueduct), a Roman aqueduct for the supply of Cologne with drinking water. The water castle in Morenhoven, the castle Heimerzheim and the reconciliation church in Buschhoven with the reconditioned romance organ, are very worth mentioning.

Parks

Naturpark Kottenforst-Ville, a natural preserve.

External links

★ Official site