Bad Breisig
| Bad Breisig | ||
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  Bad Breisig | ||
Location of Bad Breisig within Ahrweiler district 
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| Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°ECoordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Ahrweiler | |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Breisig | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gabriele Hermann-Lersch | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 9,240 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 53498 | |
| Dialling codes | 02633; 02642 | |
| Vehicle registration | AW | |
| Website | www.bad-breisig.de | |
View of Bad Breisig
Castle Rheineck
Saint Charles Borromeo chapel
Bad Breisig (
) is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the Rhine, approx. 15 km south-east of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.
Bad Breisig is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Breisig.
Personality
Sons and daughters of the town
Persons who are in solidarity with Bad Breisig
- Max Barthel (1893-1975), working poet, lived from 1948 to 1969 in Bad Breisig
- Klaus Badelt (born 1967), a German composer, which specializes in television and soundtrack.
- Kai Krause (born 1957), a German musician and software - pioneer, lives on Rheineck Castle.
- The religious scholar and sociologist Oliver Krüger (born 1973) grew up in Bad Breisig.
References
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
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