Regional fact sheets Kreis

Deliverable D4.2

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH

Birgit Strecker • Katja Naefe • Bernd Knieling

November 2014

Contract N°: IEE/12/970/S12.670555

Table of contents

1 Spatial Analysis 3 1.1 Short overview of Kreis Euskirchen characteristics 3 1.2 The area geography and constraints 4 1.3 Transport and mobility infrastructure offered 4

2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure 5 2.1 Short overview 5 2.2 Ageing, decrease and increase of population 7 2.3 Selected economic activities 11

3 Regional public transport systems 11 3.1 Overview 11 3.2 Communication and customer information 14 3.3 Modal split 15 3.4 Cycle paths 17

4 References 18

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1 Spatial Analysis 1.1 Short overview of Kreis Euskirchen characteristics

The Kreis Euskirchen consists of 11 municipalities covering together around 1.248 km2. Kreis Euskirchen is provided in the south-west of Northrhine-Westphalia, next to Rhineland-Palatinate and .

The municipalities are Euskichen (City), , Zülpich, Bad Münstereifel, , , Kall, Blankenheim, , , and Dahlem. It constitutes an area with a population density of just 187.437 permanent inhabitants (according to the 2013 census). The area of Kreis Euskirchen is predominantly served by public transport. The poles of attraction are exploited.

SmartMove will its activities mainly focus on the municipalities Bad Münstereifel, Kall, Schleiden and Hellenthal.

Picture 1: Kreis Euskirchen (deep red area) within Northrhine-Westphalia (light red area) and .

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1.2 The area geography and constraints

Following local geography constraints that comprise physical restrictions to the movement of people and vehicles can be found at Kreis Euskirchen:

Forests and forestall areas are located in the south and south-west of the Kreis Euskirchen called the . Named e.g. Zitterwald and Münstereifeler Wald the Eifel is a volcanic- based mountain chain with the highest point Weißer Stein (693 m). Around 36% of the area of Kreis Euskirchen are shrouded by forests. The northly part of the Kreis Euskirchen is predominantly in agricultural use.

The Eifel is part of the Rhenish Slatemountains. Constraints to the movement of people are on the one hand the numerous hills with heights around 500 to 600 metres and on the other hand a lot of rivers and smaller streams flowing through them. Since the 1970s there are some human-made water-reservoirs (e.g. Rursee, Urftsee, Oleftalsperre) in the Eifel, too. The barrier lakes are during the summer also visited by a lot of tourists from the region for bathing and water-sports.

The region Eifel is populated since centuries, thus the transportation routes are well-fitted to the landscape.

1.3 Transport and mobility infrastructure offered The Kreis Euskirchen is via the autobahn A1 well-connected with the area of and the Ruhrgebiet. In the northeast of Kreis Euskirchen crosses the A 61 and the A 553, connecting the area with , Koblenz and the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt, Offenbach, Darmstadt).

In the Kreis Euskirchen the main communities are connected through the federal highways (Bundesstraßen) B 51, B 56, B 266, and B 265. Additionally, there is a dense network of district roads and municipal roads, which connect every village each to each and to the roads of higher importance (see picture 2).

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Picture 2: Streetmap of Kreis Euskirchen.

Source: Google maps

2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure 2.1 Short overview The eleven communities of Kreis Euskirchen are erratic in their demographic structure. Biggest community is Euskirchen (city) with more than 55.500 inhabitants. Mechernich, the second biggest community has with 26.700 less than half. The smallest community is Dahlem with around 4.100 inhabitants. Figure 1 shows the population of the communities in decreasing order of size.

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Figure 1: Population of the communities of Kreis Euskirchen

Population Kreis Euskirchen 2009

60000 55840

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30000 27210 20020 18710 20000 16300 13410 11820 8350 8340 10000 7770 4172

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The erratic demographic structure mirrors in further demographic data e.g. number of villages, the total surface or the density of inhabitants per squarekilometre. An overview of selected demographic data is shown in table 1.

The communities Hellenthal, Schleiden and Kall are located in the west of the Kreis Euskirchen. While Hellenthal consists of 60 villages from 2 up to 589 inhabitants, the other two communities aren’t as fragmented as Hellenthal. Schleiden constists of 18 villages (smallest 67 inhabitants, biggest 3.886 inhabitants), and Kall comprises of 23 villages from 19 up to 5.033 inhabitants. The surface of Kall is half as large as the surface of Hellenthal or Schleiden while the density of inhabitants is in Hellenthal with 58 less than half as much as in Kall.

Bad Münstereifel is located in the east of the Kreis Euskirchen. There are 48 villages of different size. The smallest one has 20 inhabitants, the biggest more than 6.000.

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Table 1: Communities of the implementation area Number of Communities Surface Density villages Bad Münstereifel 48 150.63 sq.km 114 inh/sq.km

Blankenheim 17 148.62 sq.km 57 inh/sq.km

Dahlem 6 95.21 sq.km 44 inh/sq.km

Euskirchen (City) 23 (quarters) 139.49 sq.km 398 inh/sq.km

Hellenthal 60 137.83 sq.km 58 inh/sp.km

Kall 23 66.07 sq.km 169 inh/sq.km

Mechernich 44 136.46 sq.km 196 inh/sq.km

Nettersheim 11 94.35 sq.km 79 inh/sq.km

Schleiden 18 121.67 sq.km 106 inh/sq.km

Weilerswist 14 57.17 sq.km 282 inh/sq.km

Zülpich 25 101.03 sq.km 194 inh/sq.km Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

2.2 Ageing, decrease and increase of population In Kreis Euskirchen the population will decrease. Till the year 2030 there will be 4.2% people less living at Kreis Euskirchen. In the same period the proportion of people 60 years and older will increase around 47% (both data in relation to 2011).

The development of the population will be very different in the eleven communities. While Euskirchen (City) will be growing most of the other communities of the Kreis Euskirchen will have less inhabitants. The expected decrease will be strongest in Hellenthal with at least 12 %, followed by Schleiden with 8.4% decrease. Table 2 show the expected decrease/increase from 2009 to 2030 for the communities.

Summarized can be noticed, bigger communities of Kreis Euskirchen will moderate grow or at least will not have to handle with a loss of population (Euskirchen City, Mechernich, Zülpich) while the smaller communities will be afflicted with migration in different dimensions. Table 2 shows the expected decrease or increase of population between 2009 and 2030 to every community of the Kreis Euskirchen.

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Table 2: Expected decrease/increase of population 2009 - 2030 Inhabitants Inhabitants Communities +/- absolute +/- in percent 2009 2030 Bad Münstereifel 18.710 18.070 - 660 -3.5%

Blankenheim 8.350 7.750 - 600 - 7.2%

Dahlem 4172 No data No data No data

Euskirchen (City) 55.840 56.910 1.070 + 1.9%

Hellenthal 8.340 7.340 - 1.000 - 12%

Kall 11.820 11.210 - 600 - 5.2%

Mechernich 27.210 27.760 + 550 + 2%

Nettersheim 7.770 7.190 - 580 - 7.5%

Schleiden 13.410 12.290 - 1.120 - 8.4%

Weilerswist 16.300 16.220 - 80 - 0.5%

Zülpich 20.020 20.050 + 30 + 0.1% Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

In addition to the expected decrease respective increase of population will the proportion of elderly people increase in all communities of Kreis Euskirchen. The following age pyramids show at the two examples Bad Münstereifel and Schleiden how the age structure will change (the development in Kall, Hellenthal, and the other communities runs more or less similar).

The pyramid shows the prognosis of the proportions of women (red side) and men (green side) at Bad Münstereifel in the year 2030. For comparing the grey line show the proportions in the year 2009. The shift is obvious – the people aged 60+ will growing while the younger ones will become less. And the older people of every age between 60 and 100 years will be significant more than in 2009. The baby-boomer year in Germany is 1964 – never before and never after as much babies were born. In 2030 this age group will be completely in retirement.

Table 3 shows the development in absolute numbers for five age groups in addition to figure 2. The age pyramid of Schleiden (figure 3) and table 4 shows similar effects.

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Figure 2: Age pyramid 2030 – Bad Münstereifel

Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

Table 3: Development of inhabitants in Bad Münstereifel in age groups Bad 2009 2015 2020 2025 2030 Münstereifel 0–24 years 4.490 3.980 3.560 3.300 3.130 24–45 years 4.320 3.570 3.440 3.410 3.290 46–64 years 5.770 6.500 6.450 5.960 5.340 65–80 years 3.040 3.230 3.310 3.860 4.470 >80 years 1.090 1.230 1.600 1.710 1.830 Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

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Figure 3: Age pyramid 2030 – Schleiden

Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

Table 4: Development of inhabitants in Schleiden in age groups Schleiden 2009 2015 2020 2025 2030 0–24 years 3.570 3.110 2.800 2.580 2.500 24–45 years 3.040 2.540 2.500 2.450 2.350 46–64 years 3.830 4.200 4.020 3.690 3.250 65–80 years 2.160 2.190 2.210 2.590 2.960 >80 years 820 920 1.160 1.160 1.250 Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

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2.3 Selected economic activities The economic activities in Kreis Euskirchen are from community to community different, depending on some local factories. The proportion of the primary sector is very low (between 0,4% up to 1,3%), according to the farming economy based on dairy produce (in a very industrialized and effective way).

The proportion of employees in the secondary sector depends on single local factories. It ranges between 18.6% and 43.4% (outstanding is the secondary sector in Hellenthal where it is 80.5%). The third sector is the dominantly economic sector with proportions between 56.2% and 80.9% (Hellenthal: 18.2%). Table 5 gives an overview.

Table 5: Employed citizens per economic sector Communities primary sector secondary sector Tertiary sector

Bad Münstereifel 0.4% 43.4% 56.2%

Blankenheim 0.7% 20.9% 78.4%

Dahlem No data No data No data

Euskirchen (City) 0.6% 29.4% 70.0%

Hellenthal 1.3% 80.5% 18.2%

Kall 0.5% 31.7% 67.8%

Mechernich 0.5% 29.8% 69.7%

Nettersheim 0.6% 36.4% 63.0%

Schleiden 0.9% 20.1% 78.9%

Weilerswist 0.4% 18.6% 80.9%

Zülpich 1.1% 26.7% 72.1% Source: www.wegweiser-kommune.de

3 Regional public transport systems 3.1 Overview The entire area of Kreis Euskirchen and its 11 communities are part of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH, a transport association. PT is ordered and (and deficiency of receipts are payed) by the traffic department of the Kreis Euskirchen.

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Planning of PT occurs together with the public transport companies, local stakeholders, politicians, and citizens. In 2015 PT is served in different ways: by rail by bus by TaxiBusPlus by AnrufSammelTaxi

The railways are the S23/RB23, leading from Bad Münstereifel via Euskirchen and Rheinbach to Bonn. The second railway RE22/RB24 starts in and crosses nearly the whole Kreis Euskirchen via , Dahlem, Nettersheim, Kall, Mechernich, Euskirchen, and Weilerswist to Cologne.

Figure 4a: Schematic network of PT in Hellenthal, Kall, and Schleiden

Source: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH

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The major part of the bus-lines in Kreis Euskirchen are served by the Regionalverkehr Köln, a public transport company. In the city of Euskirchen acts the Stadtverkehr Euskirchen, another public transport company. In Mechernich some parts of the public transport especially transportation of pupils is organised and served by Schäfer Reisen, a private transport company. There are 66 bus-lines (except pupils buslines) and 6 AnrufSamelTaxi-lines going through or connecting Kreis Euskirchen with its neighbourhood communities. An overview of all railways, bus-lines, and AnrufSammelTaxi shows the map “Busnetz Kreis Euskirchen 2015”.

The PT in Hellenthal, Kall and Schleiden is served by rail (RE 12, RE 22, RB 24) and several bus-lines. Figure 4a shows the connections between the three communities in a schematic way.

Figure 4b: Schematic network of PT in Bad Münstereifel

Source: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH

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The PT in Bad Münstereifel is served by rail (RB 23/S 23) and – similar to the communities Hellenthal, Kall, and Schleiden – by several bus-lines. The bus-lines offer “normal” buses as well as TaxiBus (during times of less frequency). Figure 4b shows the network of lines in Bad Münstereifel.

All of the railways and bus-lines use the same tariffs, and passengers can change with one ticket from TaxiBusPlus to bus to rail or vice versa. The timetables are – if possible – coordinated. The transport companies uses predominantly low-floor-buses. Those buses are equipped as standard with platforms for use with wheel-chairs. In Kreis Euskirchen 47% of all PT trips are made by train and 52% by buses. One percent is made by flexible route systems like TaxiBusPlus or AST.

3.2 Communication and customer information Information about timetables can be received in “classical” printed versions but in most popular electronic ways, too:

annual updated timetable book to a region (e.g. Kreis Euskirchen) with timetables of every railway and bus-line in the region (price € 1,70); available as free PDF, too broschure “Mobil in…” annual or semi-annual printed single timetable for the pocket of every railway or bus-line (for free); available as free PDF, too annual updated timetable-book of Hellenthal, Kall, and Schleiden printed timetable of the serving lines at every bus-stop via VRS-homepage www.vrsinfo.de (real data) via facebook via VRS-App for Android and iOs (real data) via QR-Code for every bus-stop (connecting to real-data) via dynamic electronic passenger information (real data) at selected bus-stops and most railway stations via 24-hours-Hotline 0 180 6 50 40 30 (Call center employees are located at the VRS)

Additionally, there are schematic and topographic maps of every served region in the VRS (combinable with the timetable books), specific information brochures to relevant groups of customers (e.g. pupils, elderly people) or brochures attending special events including collaborations with famous sports clubs of the region (entry = ticket).

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3.3 Modal split As shown in figure 5 the modal split in Kreis Euskirchen is dominated by the car. The two pillars show the percentage of the different means of transportation in the Kreis Euskirchen for the year 2000 (right pillar) and the year 2012 (left pillar). The red part of the pillar means driving by car as driver, the yellow one driving by car as passenger. PT has got a percentage around 11% (blue) while going by feet (deep green) and driving by bike (light green) are together used in around 18% of all daily ways.

In Kreis Euskirchen 94,5% of all households got at least one car (or more). For example, only 68% of the households got a bike (4% of them got a pedelec, mainly used by people 50 years and older).

Figure 5: Modal split in Kreis Euskirchen

Source: Haushaltsbefragung Kreis Euskirchen 2000, 2012

A more specific view to the modal split in Kreis Euskirchen offers figure 6 which shows the modal split in the 11 communities. In Hellenthal, Kall, Schleiden, and Bad Münstereifel the percentage of car driving (by oneself or as passenger) is even bigger while cycling is even less significant (between 3 or 4%).

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The percentage of PT is in Hellenthal, Kall, and Schleiden more or less similar as to the percentage of PT in the Kreis Euskirchen. However, in Bad Münstereifel the percentage of PT is at only 7% even though Bad Münstereifel has got a railway station.

Figure 6: Modal split in the 11 communities of Kreis Euskirchen

Source: Haushaltsbefragung Kreis Euskirchen 2000, 2012

One of the focus groups of SmartMove in Euskirchen are elderly people. From this point of view the development of percentage of PT in the group of people 60 years and older is interesting (see figure 7).

In figure 7 is shown for the different age groups the percentages of the different means of transportation, comparing the years of 2000 and 2012 (household surveys). In the groups 61-70 and 71 and older the percentage of PT decreased from 6% to 3% (13% to 5%) between 2000 and 2012. In the same period the percentage of using a car increases in both groups.

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One of the aims of SmartMove is to improve the using of PT in Kreis Euskirchen – probably it is regaining, too.

Figure 7: Modal split by age groups

Source: Haushaltsbefragung Kreis Euskirchen 2000, 2012

3.4 Cycle paths In Kreis Euskirchen biking is part of the modal split (as seen in figures 5 to 7), but also part of the more touristic infrastructure. Beyond Bike & Ride at the railway stations or bus stations there are well constructed cycle paths. Figure 8 shows the cycle paths of the Kreis Euskirchen in an overview.

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Figure 8: Cycle paths in Kreis Euskirchen (touristic)

Source: www.kreis-euskirchen.de

4 References

Haushaltsbefragung zur Mobilität im Kreis Euskirchen 2000, 2012 (Kreis Euskirchen) www.wegweiser-kommune.de

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