of the Youth Red Cross as an educational facility for the National Association (North Division). Bad Münstereifel has a public library with a stock of 16,000 media. Local council The local council has 32 seats, the elections were held in May 2014. CDU: 12 seats SPD: 8 seats FDP: 4 seats UWV: 4 seats Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats The Left: 1 seat Notable people and gatherings Heino (born 1938), the folk-singer has lived in the town. From 1996 to 2012 he operated a cafe there. Friedrich Joseph Haass, (1780–1853), the "holy doctor of Moscow", was born in Bad Münstereifel. Wilhelm Mohr (1838-1888), German journalist Christopher Becker (born 1980), German film director, screenwriter and film producer The unofficial Nintendo fan convention, NCON, was held in the town's St.-Angela-Gymnasium in the early years of the 21st century. The Portuguese Socialist Party, one of the two main Portuguese parties, was founded here in 1973 with the guidance of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who wanted to create a political force capable of keeping Portugal a member of NATO. Other personalities associated with the town Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926–2009), politician, former Bundesminister für Wirtschaft (Minister of Economic Affairs) and chairman of the FDP, lived in the district of Eschweiler. International relations Bad Münstereifel is twinned with: Ashford, United Kingdom Fougères, France. See also Alte Burg (Bad Münstereifel) – the site of an old refuge castle Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope References External links www.badmuenstereifel.de the official Website Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Spa towns in Germany Euskirchen (district)