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Konigswinter
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Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Konigswinter is a municipality and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite the Federal City Bonn, at the foot of the Siebengebirge. Konigswinter is twinned with the English town of Cleethorpes.
A cave in the hill is said to have sheltered the dragon which was slain by the hero Siegfried. The mountain is quarried, and from 1267 onward supplied stone for the building of Cologne cathedral. The castle of Drachenburg, built in 1883, is on the north side of the hill. Konigswinter has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical church, some small manufactures and a little shipping. It has a monument to the poet Wolfgang Muller. Near the city are the ruins of the Abbey of Heisterbach. It is a city with endless recreational opportunities, rich history, and modern day luxuries.
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