Niederkrüchten
Sign in to saveNiederkrüchten () is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km east of Roermond in the Netherlands and 15 km west of Mönchengladbach.
Key facts
- German place.name
- Niederkrüchten
- German place.image_photo
- Hariksee in Niederkrüchten.jpg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Niederkruechten COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Niederkrüchten in VIE.svg
- German place.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German place.region
- Düsseldorf
- German place.district
- Viersen
- German place.elevation
- 68
- German place.area
- 67.07
- German place.postal_code
- 41372
- German place.area_code
- 0 21 63
- German place.licence
- VIE
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 1 66 020
- German place.divisions
- 4
- German place.mayor
- Karl-Heinz Wassong
- German place.leader_term
- 2020–25
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Niederkrüchten
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Viersen
- Population
- 15284
- Area
- 67.07
- Elevation
- 68
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Brüggen
- Official website
- www.niederkruechten.de
- Image
- Pano kirche niederkrüchten.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02163
- Licence plate code
- VIE
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- Commons category
- Niederkrüchten
- postal code
- 41372
- native label
- Niederkrüchten
- P6814
- Niederkrüchten
- P8168
- Thomas Lang
- hashtag
- Niederkrüchten
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Elmpt
- Personalities
- Personalities born in Niederkrüchten
- Personalities associated with Niederkrüchten
- Economy
- References
- External links
Niederkrüchten () is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km east of Roermond in the Netherlands and 15 km west of Mönchengladbach.
== Elmpt == The formerly separate settlement of Elmpt was incorporated into Niederkrüchten in 1972. Elmpt was the site of a British armed forces base, known from its construction in 1953 until 2002 as RAF Brüggen and from 2002 until 2015 as Javelin Barracks. In December 2015 the base was handed back to the North Rhine-Westphalian authorities, who use it as accommodation for refugees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niederkrüchten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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