Bad Breisig

Bad Breisig
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Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°E / 50.50917; 7.29639Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°E / 50.50917; 7.29639
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Ahrweiler
Municipal assoc.	Bad Breisig
Government
• Mayor (2021–24)	Marcel Caspers[1]
Area
• Total	19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,530
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53498
Dialling codes	02633; 02642
Vehicle registration	AW
Website	www.bad-breisig.de

Rheineck Castle [de]

Saint Charles Borromeo chapel

Bad Breisig (German: [baːt ˈbʁaɪziç] (listen)) is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the Rhine, approx. 15 km south-east of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.

Bad Breisig is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Breisig.

Personalities[]

Sons and daughters of the town[]

• Beate Berger (1886-1940), director of the Jewish children's home Beith Ahawah in Berlin and Haifa

People connected with Bad Breisig[]

• Max Barthel (1893-1975), working poet, lived from 1948 to 1969 in Bad Breisig
• Klaus Badelt (born 1967), a German composer, which specializes in television and soundtrack.
• Kai Krause (born 1957), a German musician and software - pioneer, lives in Rheineck Castle [de].
• The religious scholar and sociologist Oliver Krüger (born 1973) grew up in Bad Breisig.

See also[]

• Bad Breisig (Final Palaeolithic site)

References[]

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