Brüggen, Germany

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Brüggen is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Schwalm, approx. 15 km south of Venlo and 20 km north-west of Mönchengladbach.

Division of the town

Brüggen consists of 3 subdivisions

• Brüggen
• Born
• Bracht

Mayors

• Frank Gellen (CDU): since 2014
• Gerhard Gottwald: 1989–2014

Sights

• Brüggen Castle
• Natural History Museum (Naturkundemuseum): since 1979 Brüggen Castle has been home to a regional hunting and natural history museum with a nature park information point.
• Schwalmpforte, a former town gate
• St. Nicholas' Church
• Old Abbey of the Knights of the Cross (Kreuzherrenkloster)
• Born Mill (Borner Mühle)
• Brüggen Mill (Brüggener Mühle)
• Schloss Dilborn
• Old toll house with Rentei (~treasury)
• Nature and Wildlife Park (Natur und Tierpark Brüggen)
• New Jewish Cemetery
• Old Jewish Cemetery

A jester on the entrance door of the Kaschemme, a pub-café in Brüggen's old town

Climate

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).^[3]

See also

• Royal Air Force Station Brüggen

Personalities

• Karl Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, (born 1952), chairman of the managing board of the German "Malteser Hilfsdienst"
• Simon Jentzsch (born 1976), footballer

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
2. "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.
3. Climate Summary for Brüggen, Germany
4. "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013.Retrieved on July 26, 2013.