Meerbusch
Meerbusch is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. The municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Type — Stadt • State — Nordrhein-Westfalen • Region — Düsseldorf • District — Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Elevation — 29 - 41 • Area — 64.39 • Gemeindeschlussel — 05162022 • Postal Code — 40667, 40668, 40670 • Area Code — 02132, 02150, 02159 • Licence — NE • Website — www.meerbusch.de • Mayor — Christian Bommers • Leader Term — 2020–25 • Party — CDU • Illustration — Street map of Meerbusch – main roads only
Documentary record
Meerbusch (established 1 January 1970) is a place documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Meerbusch is dated 1 January 1970 in the authority records.
Geography
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 is divided into eight villages of varying sizes which used to be independent communes before the municipality was founded. Administrative division • Division || Area (km 2) || Area (%)|| Population • Büderich — 17.06 — 26 — 21,528 • Osterath — 12.02 — 18 — 12,756 • Lank-Latum — 6.85 — 11 — 9,861 • Strümp — 6.20 — 10 — 5,836 • Ossum-Bösinghoven — 5.03 — 8 — 2,272 • Nierst — 7.22 — 11 — 1,387 • Langst-Kierst — 3.55 — 6 — 1,004 • Ilverich — 6.44 — 10 — 649
Economy
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".
Culture
Culture
The town sees frequent theatre plays and music events staged the Aula of SMG (Städt. Meerbusch Gymnasium, one of Meerbusch's two regional Grammar Schools) in Strümp, and at Forum Wasserturm, based in Lank Latum, predominantly featuring the comedy and satire genres. Each winter a popular folkloristic stage play is being performed in front of a 6,000+ strong audience.
Notable people
Notable people
• Florian Schneider (1947–2020), musician, leader of Kraftwerk • Michael Sommer (1952–2025), trade unionist • Hansi Kürsch (born 1966), musician • Michael Funke (born 1969), racing driver • Ekaterina Moré (born 1976), Russian painter and author; lives here • Grim104 (born 1988), rapper
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Meerbusch is twinned with: • Fouesnant, France • Shijōnawate, Japan
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
- 2.Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen. Income Millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2001 and 2004.
- 3.Statistical Yearbook of Meerbusch 2007.
- 4.Landesdatabank Nordrhein-Westfalen Tabelle 12411-01i: Bevölkerungsstand - Gemeinden - Stichtag.
- 5.Meerbusch. Von Austernfischern, Auswanderern und Samurai. meerbusch.de.
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1- Erwin HeerichArtist
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