# Hennef (Sieg)

Hennef (Sieg) (German pronunciation: ) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 kilometres (4 miles) south-east of Siegburg and 15 km (9 mi) 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

## 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 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