Brüggen, Germany Explained
| Brüggen |
| Image Coa: | DEU Brueggen COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.2417°N 6.1822°W |
| Image Plan: | Brüggen in VIE.svg |
| State: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Region: | Düsseldorf |
| District: | Viersen |
| Elevation: | 50 |
| Area: | 61.25 |
| Postal Code: | 41379 |
| Area Code: | 0 21 63
0 21 57 (Bracht) |
| Licence: | VIE (until 1975: KK) |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 1 66 004 |
| Divisions: | 3 |
| Website: | www.brueggen.de |
| Mayor: | Frank Gellen[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
| Party: | CDU |
Brüggen is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Schwalm, approx. 15 km south of Venlo, 11 km eastern of Swalmen (Roermond) and 20 km north-west of Mönchengladbach.
Division of the town
Brüggen consists of 3 subdivisions
Mayors
- Frank Gellen (CDU): since 2014
- Gerhard Gottwald: 1989–2014
Sights
- Brüggen Castle
- Natural History Museum (Naturkundemuseum): since 1979 Brüggen Castle has been home to a regional hunting and natural history museum with a nature park information point.
- Schwalmpforte, a former town gate
- St. Nicholas' Church
- Old Abbey of the Knights of the Cross (Kreuzherrenkloster)
- Born Mill (Borner Mühle)
- Brüggen Mill (Brüggener Mühle)
- Schloss Dilborn
- Old toll house with Rentei (~treasury)
- Nature and Wildlife Park (Natur und Tierpark Brüggen)
- New Jewish Cemetery
- Old Jewish Cemetery
Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[2]
See also
Personalities
- Karl Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, (born 1952), chairman of the managing board of the German "Malteser Hilfsdienst"
- Simon Jentzsch (born 1976), footballer
Notes and References
- https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020
- http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=10401&cityname=Bruggen%2C+North-Rhine-Westphalia%2C+Germany&units= Climate Summary for Brüggen, Germany
