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Jüchen

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Jüchen within Neuss district

(2020–25) Harald Zillikens^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total71.84 km² (27.74 sq mi)Elevation

81 m (266 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total23,940 • Density330/km² (860/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

41363

Dialling codes02164, 02165, 02166, 02181, 02182Vehicle registrationNEWebsitewww.juechen.de

Jüchen is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.

Mayor

Harald Zillikens (born 1959) (CDU) was elected mayor in 2009 and reelected in 2015 and 2020. He was the successor of Margarete Kranz (CDU).

Twin towns – sister cities

Jüchen is twinned with:^[3]

Leers, France

Notable people

Fritz von Ameln (1901–1970), management consultant, member of the Düsseldorf Landtag (1954–1966)
Peter Bamm, actually Curt Emmrich, (1897–1975), writer
Heinrich Siegmund Blanckertz (1823–Berlin), founder of the German steel spring industry
Willibert Kremer (born 1939), football player and manager
Annette Schavan (born 1955), politician (CDU), 2005-2013 Federal Minister for Education and Research
Willy Wimmer (born 1943), politician (CDU)
Dietrich Zillessen (born 1937), Professor of Religious Education at the University of Cologne

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Partnerstadt Leers in Frankreich". juechen.de (in German). Jüchen. Retrieved 2021-02-28.