Kreuzau
{{Infobox German location
|type = Gemeinde
|name = Kreuzau
|image_flag = Flagge Kreuzau.svg
|image_coa = DEU Kreuzau COA.svg
|image_photo = Kreuzau Denkmal-Nr. 22, Hauptstraße 5 (982).jpg
|image_caption = Kreuzau Castle
|coordinates = {{coord|50|45|00|N|06|28|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Kreuzau in DN.svg
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region = Köln
|district = Düren
|elevation = 142 - 360
|area = 41.77
|postal_code = 52372
|area_code = 02422, 02427, 02421
|licence = DN
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 58 028
|website = [http://www.kreuzau.de/ www.kreuzau.de]
|mayor = Ingo Eßer[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–25
|party = CDU
}}
Kreuzau is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, approx. 5 km south of Düren.
Geography
= Neighbouring communities =
Kreuzau is surrounded by the following settlements, listed clockwise beginning in the north: the county town of Düren and the municipalities of Nörvenich, Vettweiß, Nideggen and Hürtgenwald, all in the county of Düren.
= Municipal subdivisions =
The municipality Kreuzau includes the following civil parishes (Ortsteil):
- Bogheim
- Boich
- Drove
- Kreuzau (incl. Schneidhausen) with 5,150 inhabitants on 31 October 2015
- Leversbach
- Obermaubach (incl. Schlagstein)
- Stockheim
- Thum
- Üdingen
- Untermaubach (incl. Bilstein)
- Winden (incl. Bergheim and Langenbroich)
In addition there was the now extinct village of Hemgenberg.
Twin towns
Kreuzau is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Obervellach, Austria
- {{flagicon|France}} Plancoët, France
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