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{{Infobox German location
|type                = Stadt
|image_flag            = Flagge Sinzig.svg
|image_coa             = DEU Sinzig COA.svg
|image_photo        = Sinzig Schloss.jpeg
|image_caption      = Sinzig Castle
|coordinates        = {{coord|50|32|43|N|7|15|07|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan           = Gem kr sinzig.png
|state         = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district          = Ahrweiler
|elevation               = 90
|area             = 41.02
|postal_code                = 53489
|area_code            = 02642, 02636 (Ortsteil Franken)
|licence                = AW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 31 077
|website           = [http://www.sinzig.de/ www.sinzig.de]
|mayor             = Andreas Geron<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/direktwahlen/wahl-der-buergermeister-verbandsfreier-gemeinden/ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2017&ndash;25
|party             = Independent
}}
[[File:Sinzig St Peter.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Church of St. Peter]]
[[File:Sinzig jued Friedhof.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jewish cemetery]]
[[File:Sinzig church.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Protestant church]]
[[File:Sinzig Kriegsgraeberstaette.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Bad Bodendorf War Cemetery]]

'''Sinzig''' is a town in the [[Ahrweiler (district)|district of Ahrweiler]], in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany. It is situated on the river [[Rhine]], about 5&nbsp;km south-east of [[Remagen]] and 25&nbsp;km south-east of [[Bonn]], and it has approximately 20,000 [[population|inhabitants]] (2004).

==History==
Sinzig received its first official recognition in 762 A.D. On 10 July that year, King [[Pippin the Younger]], the father of [[Charlemagne]], presented a certificate of his decree in the Palace of Sinzig (''Sentiaco Palacio''), officially recognizing the town as "Sentiacum."

[[Abraham of Augsburg]]; a convert to Judaism, along with 61 other Jews, were slain in a [[pogrom]] in Sinzig in 1265.<ref name=sinzing>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/sinzig_synagoge.htm|title = Die Synagoge in Sinzig (Kreis Ahrweiler)}}</ref>

Sinzig first received its rights as a town on 9 October 1267.

Because of the influence Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]] had on the town, it is nicknamed a "[[Barbarossa town]]". [[Ivan Turgenev]] immortalized the town in his 1857 novella ''[[Asya_(novella)|Asya]]''.

Twice, the [[medieval]] town, which since 1300 has been protected by a massive wall, was almost entirely destroyed by fires, one in 1583 and another in 1758. Little of the wall now remains, as [[industrialization]] and [[urban development]] led to its nearly complete loss at the end of the 19th century. After World War II, Sinzig experienced a [[population explosion]] and soon evolved into an industrial town.

With the district [[reform]] of 1969, Bad-Bodendorf, Franken, Koisdorf, Löhndorf, and Westum became [[provinces]] of Sinzig. Today, Sinzig, together with the town of [[Remagen]], have developed a modern [[consumer]] centre, with multiple [[schools]] and [[shopping centre]]s.

==Sightseeing==
There is no point in the "Golden Mile" where the defining [[icon]] of Sinzig, the [[parish church]] of [[Saint Peter]], cannot be seen. The late Roman [[Basilica]] is one of the most meaningful pieces of [[Roman architecture]] and on to the [[United Nations]]' list of "World Culture Heritage" [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]].

The ''Sinziger Schloss'' (Sinzig [[Castle]]) was built in the [[Historical period|period]] of the Rhine Romantic. Between 1854 and 1858, a businessman, Gustav Bunge of [[Cologne]], ordered the erection of a summer [[villa]] in Sinzig in the [[design|style]] of a [[neo-Gothic]] [[palace]]. Surrounding the palace is a garden, constructed in the style of a [[Romanticism|Romantic]] park. The castle has since then become a [[museum]].

Also worth seeing:
* Zehnthof
* remains of the medieval town wall
* "Ahrmündung" [[Nature centre]]

== Municipal subdivisions ==
* Sinzig
* Sinzig-Bad Bodendorf
* Sinzig-Westum
* Sinzig-Löhndorf (1997 Champion of the "Beautify our Town" Contest)
* Sinzig-Franken
* Sinzig-Koisdorf

== Town song ==
[[Image:Sinzig enclosure.jpg|thumb|400px|In 1945 it hosted one of the Allied [[Rheinwiesenlager]]]]

:Heimattreue (Faith in the Homeland)

:Draußen im Lande ein Mädel ich fand,
:mit hellblondem Haar und feinzarter Hand
:und sie hat Augen so klar wie der Wein:
:sag Mädel die Heimat, sag bist du vom Rhein!
:sag Mädel die Heimat sag bist du vom Rhein!

:Refrain:
:Wo die Ahr zum Rhein hinfließt,
:heilend Wasser der Erd entsprießt,
:wo Mädchenaugen sind so blau,
:mitten in der goldnen Au.
:An dies Städtchen denk ich gern,
:bin ich denn auch noch so fern,
:an dich denk ich immer dar,
:Sinzig Rhein und Ahr.
[[Image:Sinzig Barbarossa.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] Barbarossa]]
:Ferne am Strande des weiten Meeres,
:steht eine Frau, schwer ist ihr ums Herz.
:Und sie singt leis` in die Wolken hinein:
:Grüßt mir die Heimat, mein Städtchen am Rhein!
:Grüßt mir die Heimat, mein Städtchen am Rhein!

:(Refrain)

:Schon Barbarossa hat Sinzig erkannt,
:als eines der schönsten Städtchen im Land.
:Und er befahl seinem Kaisertross:
:Wir rasten in Sinzig und wohnen im Schloss!
:Wir rasten in Sinzig und wohnen im Schloss!

:(Refrain)

==Born in Sinzig==
* [[Inge Helten]] (born 1950), athlete, sprinter
* [[Günter Ruch]] (1956-2010), writer

==Connected to Sinzig==
[[File:Lenne portrait.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.7|Peter Joseph Lenné around 1850]]
* [[Peter Joseph Lenné]] (1789-1866), garden artist and landscape architect, designed the "Schlosspark" in 1858-1866 and the "Zehnthof" in 1864
* [[Peter Bares]] (1936-2014), organist, composer for church music, 1960-1985 church musician in Sinzig
* [[Rudi Altig]] (1937-2016), professional cyclist, lived in Sinzig - Koisdorf
* [[Eveline Lemke]] (born 1964), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), Member of the Landtag, former minister 
* [[Klaus Badelt]] (born 1967), German composer for television and film music, lived in Bad Bodendorf (Sinzig) during his childhood and youth.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* http://www.sinzig.de
* http://www.aktiplan-sinzig.de
* http://www.sinzig-loehndorf.de
* http://museum-sinzig.de
* http://www.sinziger-turmblaeser.de
* http://www.sinzig.org

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[[Category:Populated places on the Rhine]]
[[Category:Ahrweiler (district)]]
[[Category:Districts of the Rhine Province]]
[[Category:Middle Rhine]]