Bedburg
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Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
![Coat of arms of Bedburg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/DEU_Bedburg_COA.svg/64px-DEU_Bedburg_COA.svg.png)
Coat of arms
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
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(2020–25) Sascha Solbach[1]
(2023-12-31)[2]
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Bedburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛtˌbʊʁk] ⓘ) 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 people
Sons and daughters
- Arnold von Harff (1471–1505), knight and adventurer
- Katharina Molitor (born 1983), javelin thrower and volleyball player
People with connection to Bedburg
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- Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff (1871–1918), German diplomat and ambassador; lived in Bedburg and did his Abitur there
- Peter Stumpp (c. 1525–1589), 16th Century possible serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
(in German)
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Towns in Rhein-Erft-Kreis
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