Grevenbroich
(Redirected from Wevelinghoven)
Grevenbroich | |
|---|---|
| Cistercian Monastery in Langwaden Cistercian Monastery in Langwaden | |
|
Coat of arms of Grevenbroich Coat of arms | |
Location of Grevenbroich
within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district | |
| Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Rhein-Kreis Neuss |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Klaus Krützen[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 102.41 km2 (39.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 41515, 41516, 41517 |
| Dialling codes | 02181, 02182 |
| Vehicle registration | NE, GV |
| Website | www.grevenbroich.de |
Grevenbroich (German: [ˌɡʁeːvn̩ˈbʁoːx] Audio file "De-Grevenbroich.ogg" not found) is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach. Cologne and Düsseldorf are in a 30 km reach. It is notable for having the Frimmersdorf Power Station, which was one of Europe's least carbon-efficient power stations.[2]
City districts
[edit | edit source]Grevenbroich consists of the urban quarters and villages:
- Postal code 41515:
- Allrath, Barrenstein, Elsen, Fürth, Gewerbegebiet-Ost, Laach, Neu-Elfgen, Noithausen, Orken, Stadtmitte, Südstadt
- Postal code 41516:
- Busch, Gruissem, Gubisrath, Hemmerden, Hülchrath, Kapellen, Langwaden, Mühlrath, Münchrath, Neubrück, Neukirchen, Neukircher Heide, Tüschenbroich, Vierwinden, Wevelinghoven
- Postal code 41517:
- Frimmersdorf, Gindorf (population 1,817), Gustorf, Neuenhausen, Neurath
In pop culture
[edit | edit source]Grevenbroich became widely known as home town of comedian Hape Kerkeling's fictional persona Horst Schlämmer.[3][4]
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit | edit source]Grevenbroich is twinned with:[5]
- Slovenia Celje, Slovenia
- Error creating thumbnail: Peel en Maas, Netherlands
- Error creating thumbnail: Saint-Chamond, France
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Vincenz Hundhausen (translator of Chinese literature and Peking University professor)[6]
- Jürgen Bartsch (bassist and founder of black metal band Bethlehem)[7]
- Juergen Hahn (systems biology researcher and professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)[8]
- Dorothee Wilms (born 1929), politician, Federal Minister for Education and Science and from 1987 to 1991 the Federal Minister for Inner-German relations
See also
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
- Frimmersdorf Power Station
References
[edit | edit source]- Bieg, Lutz. "Literary translations of the classical lyric and drama in the first half of the 20th century: The "case" of Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955)." (Archive) In: Alleton, Vivianne and Michael Lackner (editors). De l'un au multiple: traductions du chinois vers les langues européennes Translations from Chinese into European Languages. Éditions de la maison des sciences de l'homme (Les Editions de la MSH, FR), 1999, Paris. p. 62-83. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., 9782735107681.
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ WWF Australia: Hazelwood tops international list of dirty power stations, Dated: 13 Jul 2005
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Bieg, p. 67. "[...]Grevenbroich, approximately 30 km north-west of Cologne,[...]"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grevenbroich.
- Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 94: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (in German)
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).