Bedburg

Bedburg
Town
Castle
Castle
Coat of arms of Bedburg
Coat of arms
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
Mettmann (district)Rhein-Erft-KreisNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHeinsberg (district)Rhein-Kreis NeussCologneWesselingRhein-Sieg-KreisDüren (district)Euskirchen (district)PulheimBergheimErftstadtHürthKerpenBedburgBrühlFrechenElsdorf
Location of Bedburg
Bedburg is located in Germany
Bedburg
Bedburg
Bedburg is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Bedburg
Bedburg
Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E / 51.00000; 6.56250
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionKöln
DistrictRhein-Erft-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor (2025–30) Sascha Solbach (SPD)
Area
 • Total
80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[1]
 • Total
25,316
 • Density314.8/km2 (815.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
50181
Dialling codes02272
Vehicle registrationBM
Websitewww.bedburg.de

Bedburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛtbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.[2]

Climate

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Politics

The current mayor of Bedburg is Sascha Solbach of the SPD, who has been serving as mayor since 2014. In the 2025 local elections he was reelected with 64,57 % of the vote.[4]

City council

After the 2025 local elections, the Bedburg city council is composed as follows:

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/-
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 5,110 39.2 Decrease 2.4 15 ±0
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 3,940 30.2 Decrease 3.8 11 Decrease 1
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 1,822 14.0 New 5 New
Free Voters' Society Bedburg (FWG) 906 7.0 Decrease 6.6 3 Decrease 2
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 520 4.0 Decrease 3.2 2 Decrease 1
Die Linke (Linke) 312 2.4 New 1 New
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 311 2.4 Decrease 1.3 1 ±0
Independent W. Merx 64 0.5 New 0 New
Independent S. Merx 53 0.4 New 0 New
Valid votes 13,038 98.3
Invalid votes 230 1.7
Total 13,268 100.0 38 Increase 2
Electorate/voter turnout 20,159 65.8
Source: City of Bedburg

Notable people

Sons and daughters

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

People with connection to Bedburg

Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff in 1917
  • 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"

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
  2. ^ "Geschichte in Bedburg (German)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Wahl des/der Bürgermeisters/in 14.09.2025 - Stadt Bedburg". wahlen.kdvz.nrw (in German). Retrieved 2026-04-01.


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