Willich
Sign in to saveWillich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km east of Roermond.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Willich
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen der Stadt Willich.svg
- German location.image_skyline
- St katharina willich.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Church of Saint Catherine
- German location.image_plan
- Willich in VIE.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Düsseldorf
- German location.district
- Viersen
- German location.elevation
- 40
- German location.area
- 67.8
- German location.postal_code
- 47877
- German location.area_code
- 02154, 02156
- German location.licence
- VIE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 1 66 036
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.website
- www.stadt-willich.de
- German location.mayor
- Christian Pakusch
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- 1891–1945
- British Army
- Economy
- Transportation
- Streets
- Railway
- Notable places
- Schloss Neersen
- Klein-Jerusalem chapel
- Anrath Prison
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km east of Roermond.
==History== The city was founded in 1970 out of the formerly independent villages of Willich, Anrath, Schiefbahn and Neersen, although the villages are much older. Anrath was mentioned for the first time in 1010, Willich in 1245, Neersen in 1262 and Schiefbahn in 1420.