Bedburg

Bedburg
Bedburg
	Castle
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Bedburg Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
	Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°ECoordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Sascha Solbach (SPD)
Area
• Total	80.21 km2 (30.97 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	23,577
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	50181
Dialling codes	02272
Vehicle registration	BM
Website	www.bedburg.de

Bedburg is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. For a short time Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.^[2]

Notable persons

Sons and daughters

Arnold von Harff (1471-1505), knight and adventurer
Katharina Molitor (born 1983), spearhead

People with connection to Bedburg

Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff in 1917

Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff (1871-1918), German diplomat and ambassador; lived in Bedburg and did his Abitur there
Peter Stumpp 16th Century serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"

References

↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
↑ "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[1] "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

[2] "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.