Velbert
Sign in to saveVelbert (, Low Rhenish: Vèlbed) is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Velbert
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Velbert.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Velbert COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- VelbertMuenzbrunnen.jpg
- German location.image_plan
- Velbert in ME.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Düsseldorf
- German location.district
- Mettmann
- German location.elevation
- 230
- German location.area
- 74.9
- German location.postal_code
- 42549–42555
- German location.area_code
- 02051–02053
- German location.licence
- ME
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 1 58 032
- German location.divisions
- 3
- German location.website
- www.velbert.de
- German location.mayor
- Dirk Lukrafka
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Incorporation
- History
- Administration
- Politics
- City council
- Coat of arms
- Economics
- Transportation
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Friendly cities
- Sites of interest
- Theatres
- Museums
- Buildings
- Notable people
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Velbert (, Low Rhenish: Vèlbed) is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings.
==Geography== Velbert is located on the hills of 'Niederberg' (meaning Lower Mountain), part of the Berg region, approx. 20 kilometres north-east of the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, and 12 kilometers north-west of Wuppertal on the south side of the Ruhr river.