Engelskirchen: Christmas Post Office Town in the Bergisches Land
Engelskirchen lies in the Oberbergischer Kreis of Nordrhein-Westfalen, with about 20,790 inhabitants. The town's name contains "Engel" (angel), which led the Deutsche Post to operate a Christkind-Postamt here each December. Children from across Germany send letters to the Christkind at Engelskirchen, and volunteers write individual replies. The Aggertalsperre, a reservoir, provides drinking water and recreation south of town.
Gummersbach is roughly 15 kilometres east. Cologne is about 40 kilometres west. The Agger river flows through the municipality. The Bergisches Land hills, with their mixed forests and steep valleys, define the landscape. The LVR-Industriemuseum Engels-Kirchen, housed in a former cotton spinning mill, documents the region's early industrialisation.
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Engelskirchen lies in the Oberbergischer Kreis of Nordrhein-Westfalen, with about 20,790 inhabitants. The town's name contains "Engel" (angel), which led the Deutsche Post to operate a Christkind-Postamt here each December. Children from across Germany send letters to the Christkind at Engelskirchen, and volunteers write individual replies. The Aggertalsperre, a reservoir, provides drinking water and recreation south of town.
Gummersbach is roughly 15 kilometres east. Cologne is about 40 kilometres west. The Agger river flows through the municipality. The Bergisches Land hills, with their mixed forests and steep valleys, define the landscape. The LVR-Industriemuseum Engels-Kirchen, housed in a former cotton spinning mill, documents the region's early industrialisation.
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