Grevenbroich
Grevenbroich 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.
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Grevenbroich 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.
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It is notable for having the Frimmersdorf Power Station, which was one of Europe's least carbon-efficient power stations.
• Type — Stadt • Image Coa — DEU Grevenbroich COA.svg • Image Photo — Schloss Kloster Langwaden.jpg • Image Caption — Cistercian Monastery in Langwaden • Image Plan — Grevenbroich in NE.svg • State — Nordrhein-Westfalen • Region — Düsseldorf • District — Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Elevation — 54 • Area — 102.41 • Postal Code — 41515, 41516, 41517 • Area Code — 02181, 02182 • Licence — NE, GV • Gemeindeschlussel — 05 1 62 008 • Website — www.grevenbroich.de • Mayor — Klaus Krützen • Leader Term — 2020–25 • Party — SPD Grevenbroich 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.
City districts
City districts
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
In pop culture
Grevenbroich became widely known as home town of comedian Hape Kerkeling's fictional persona Horst Schlämmer.
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Grevenbroich is twinned with: • Celje, Slovenia • Peel en Maas, Netherlands • Saint-Chamond, France
Notable people
Notable people
• Vincenz Hundhausen (translator of Chinese literature and Peking University professor) • Jürgen Bartsch (bassist and founder of black metal band Bethlehem) • Juergen Hahn (systems biology researcher and professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) • Dorothee Wilms (born 1929), politician, Federal Minister for Education and Science and from 1987 to 1991 the Federal Minister for Inner-German relations
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