Wesseling
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Cologne
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Town subdivisions	4
Mayor	Günter Ditgens (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	23. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 4 km² (9 sq mi)
Elevation	42 - 62 m
Population	36,729  (31/12/2006)
- Density	1,570 /km² (4,065 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BM
Postal code	50389
Area codes	02236, 02232
Website	www.wesseling.de Coordinates: 50°49′00″N 6°58′00″E / 50.816667, 6.966667

Wesseling is a city in Germany, located 20 km south of Cologne, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name Wesseling originates from the time were boats on the river rhine were still pulled by horses. Wessling was a location where horses were changed e. g. "Wechsel die Ling" which means as much as "Changing of the rope". Wesseling is an industrial city on the Rhine, home to several chemicals producing companies including Degussa and Basell, and a Royal Dutch Shell oil refinery. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins

Town subdivisions

The town Wesseling is subdivided in Wesseling-Middle ("Wesseling-Mitte"), Keldenich, Berzdorf and Urfeld, as well as the industrial areas "Rheinbogen" and "Eichholz".

Last update: 31st December 2006

Chemical industries of Wesseling on the Rhine