Meerbusch

Meerbusch, a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has been an incorporated city since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.[2]

Meerbusch
Old Bell Tower in Büderich.
Coat of arms
Location of Meerbusch within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Rhein-Kreis NeussNorth Rhine-WestphaliaDuisburgMettmann (district)Mettmann (district)Mettmann (district)CologneRhein-Erft-KreisDüren (district)Heinsberg (district)MönchengladbachViersen (district)KrefeldDüsseldorfRommerskirchenNeussGrevenbroichDormagenKorschenbroichJüchenKaarstMeerbusch
Meerbusch
Meerbusch
Coordinates: 51°16′N 6°40′E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DistrictRhein-Kreis Neuss
Government
 • MayorAngelika Mielke-Westerlage (CDU)
Area
 • Total64.37 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation
41 m (135 ft)
Lowest elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total56,189
 • Density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
40667, 40668, 40670
Dialling codes02132, 02150, 02159
Vehicle registrationNE
Websitewww.meerbusch.de
Street map of Meerbusch

Geography

Meerbusch is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany. It is located between Krefeld and Düsseldorf near Düsseldorf Airport and Messe Düsseldorf. Other neighbouring towns and cities are Duisburg, Kaarst, Willich and Neuss. The total area of 36 square kilometres is divided into:

Area of each municipality of Meerbusch
DivisionArea (km²)Area (%)Population[3]
Büderich17.062621528
Osterath12.021812756
Lank-Latum6.85119861
Strümp6.20105836
Ossum-Bösinghoven5.0382272
Nierst7.22111387
Langst-Kierst3.5561004
Ilverich6.4410649

Division of the town

The town is composed of eight large and small villages which used to be independent communities before the municipality was created: Büderich, Osterath, Lank-Latum, Ossum-Bösinghoven, Strümp, Langst-Kierst, Nierst and Ilverich.

Economy

Many companies have set up offices in the town's several light industrial estates. Most significantly, IMAV-Hydraulik GmbH has its headquarters in "Breite Straße" and Epson, Ernst-Rademacher GmbH, Nedap, ATHLON, BOBST GROUP and Kyocera Mita have settled in the business park at Mollsfeld, part of a large development called "Mollsfeld North". Thanks to its excellent motorway connections (A57 and A44) the town boasts several business parks and light industrial estates, also featuring logistics operations. The "Fritz-Wendt-Straße" industrial estate in Strümp was developed because of the grinding technology company Wendt GmbH. The "In der Loh" business park in Lank is home to businesses in the SME sector such as Abit AG and KUPP GmbH, and features modern architecture in "Robert-Bosch-Straße".

Theater

Regularly, the city offers theatre plays and other musical events at the "Forum Wasserturm". The main emphasis of these events are comedies and cabarets. Dieter Nuhr and Frank Lüdecke are the most usual and often cabaret artists in the theater of Meerbusch. Every winter of every year a folks play takes place in front of over 6000 spectators.

Famous residents

The town has produced some of local football club Borussia Mönchengladbach's most outstanding youth soccer talent, including:

Twin towns - sister cities

Meerbusch is twinned with:[11]

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References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2018" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen. "Income Millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2001 and 2004" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  3. "Statistical Yearbook of Meerbusch 2007" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  4. Kraftwerk
  5. http://www.borussia.de/de/fohlen-frauen/u23/das-team.html
  6. http://www.borussia.de/de/fohlen-frauen/u23/das-team.html
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_TmQzKdwPo
  8. http://www.borussia.de/de/aktuelles-termine/news/borussia-news/news-detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4104&cHash=82df1e08e478bc510483d8b16c177f5a
  9. http://www.borussia.de/de/fohlen-frauen/u17/das-team.html
  10. http://fvn.de/2425-0-DFB-U-16-Sichtungsturnier-startet-am-Samstag.html
  11. "Von Austernfischern, Auswanderern und Samurai". meerbusch.de (in German). Meerbusch. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

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