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Bedburg

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Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bedburg
Town
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E / 51.00000; 6.56250
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Sascha Solbach[1]
Area
• Total	80.21 km2 (30.97 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	24,302
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	50181
Dialling codes	02272
Vehicle registration	BM
Website	www.bedburg.de

Bedburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛtˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-WestphaliaofGermany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.^[3]

Climate[edit]

Notable people[edit]

Sons and daughters[edit]

• Arnold von Harff (1471–1505), knight and adventurer
• Katharina Molitor (born 1983), javelin thrower and volleyball player

People with connection to Bedburg[edit]

• Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff (1871–1918), German diplomat and ambassador; lived in Bedburg and did his Abitur there
• Peter Stumpp (c. 1525–1589), 16th Century possible serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"

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External links[edit]

• Official website (in German)

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