Vreden

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel. The first mentioning of the town is proven for the year 839. In 1252 Vreden obtained city rights.

Demographics

Religion

• 90% Christian
• 10% other

Culture and sights

Museums

• Hamaland-Museum
  • Farmer-Museum
• Silhouette Museum
• Miniature Shoe Museum
• Skulpturenpark Erning
• Heimathaus Noldes
• Berkelkraftwerk
• Biologische Station Zwillbrock

Buildings

• Former castle
• Old townhall
• Foundations of seven older churches under the current day St. Georg church
• Baroque church in Zwillbrock
• Stiftskirche (collegiate church of the former noble convent of Vreden)

Parks

• The "Zwillbrocker Venn": The Zwillbrocker Venn, approximately 10 km west of the city centre is part of a large nature reserve with numerous water areas. The Venn is home of Europe's largest black-headed gull breeding area and the world's northernmost flamingo breeding site.
• Vreden City Park: Includes the town's Farmer Museum.

Gallery

• 
  Vreden, church: die Pfarrkirche Sankt Georg
• 
  Vreden, church: die Stifftkirche Felicitas
• 
  Vreden, view to the Markt
• 
  Vreden, sculpture near the Berkel

Coat of arms

In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne and the bishop of Münster, who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Petrus (patron of Cologne) and Paulus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.

People from Vreden

• Johannes Röring (born 1959), German politician
• Stefan Decker, computer scientist

References

1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 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.