Bedburg
Bedburg is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.[2]
Bedburg | |
|---|---|
 Castle | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district   | |
  Bedburg  Bedburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″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 (2018-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 23,531 |
| • 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 |
Climate
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
Towns in Rhein-Erft-Kreis | ||
|---|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of Rhein-Erft-Kreis district | ||
| Authority control |
|
|---|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.