Velbert

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.

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Vinony's link graph records 172 inbound references to Velbert, and connects out to Turkey, France and Germany.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Mettmann (district) and Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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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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Wikidata facts

Official name: Velbert
Country: Germany
Located in: Mettmann
Population: 82462
Area: 74.9
Elevation: 230
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Hattingen
Official website: www.velbert.de
Image: Forum Niederberg Velbert 03.JPG
Dialing code: 02053
Licence plate code: ME

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hashtag: Velbert
twinned administrative body: Morąg
topic's main category: Category:Velbert
Commons category: Velbert
postal code: 42549–42555
category for people born here: Category:Births in Velbert
category of associated people: Category:People from Velbert
P6814: Velbert
native label: Velbert
P8168: Nitting

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Velbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.