Jüchen

Jüchen
Town square
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 51°06′04″N 06°30′06″E / 51.10111°N 6.50167°E / 51.10111; 6.50167Coordinates: 51°06′04″N 06°30′06″E / 51.10111°N 6.50167°E / 51.10111; 6.50167
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Neuss
Subdivisions	30
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Harald Zillikens[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	71.84 km2 (27.74 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	23,516
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	41363
Dialling codes	02164, 02165, 02166, 02181, 02182
Vehicle registration	NE
Website	www.juechen.de

Jüchen is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.

Mayor[]

Harald Zillikens (* 1959) (CDU) was elected mayor in 2009 and reelected in 2015 and 2020. He was the successor of Margarete Kranz (CDU).

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Jüchen is twinned with:^[3]

• Leers, France

Notable people[]

• Heinrich Siegmund Blanckertz (1823–Berlin), founder of the German steel spring industry
• Peter Bamm, actually Curt Emmrich, (1897–1975), writer
• Fritz von Ameln (1901–1970), management consultant, member of the Düsseldorf Landtag (1954–1966)
• Dietrich Zillessen (born 1937), Professor of Religious Education at the University of Cologne
• Willibert Kremer (born 1939), football player and manager
• Willy Wimmer (born 1943), politician (CDU)
• Annette Schavan (born 1955), politician (CDU), 2005-2013 Federal Minister for Education and Research

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