Kreuzau
Municipality
Kreuzau Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kreuzau within Düren district
Kreuzau Show map of Germany Kreuzau Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 06°28′59″E / 50.75000°N 6.48306°E / 50.75000; 6.48306
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Düren
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Ingo Eßer[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	41.77 km2 (16.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Lowest elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	17,756
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	52372
Dialling codes	02422, 02427, 02421
Vehicle registration	DN
Website	www.kreuzau.de

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.

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.

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.

Kreuzau is twinned with:

• Obervellach, Austria
• Plancoët, France