Bedburg

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Bedburg
Castle
Castle
Coat of arms of Bedburg
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
Bedburg is located in Germany
Bedburg
Bedburg
Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E / 51.00000; 6.56250Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E / 51.00000; 6.56250
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictRhein-Erft-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Sascha Solbach[1]
Area
 • Total80.21 km2 (30.97 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total23,743
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
50181
Dialling codes02272
Vehicle registrationBM
Websitewww.bedburg.de

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.[3]

Climate[]

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Notable persons[]

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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 (c. 1525/1549 - 1589)16th Century serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"

References[]

  1. ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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