Bad Breisig



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.

Sons and daughters of the town

 * Beate Berger (1886-1940), director of the Jewish children's home  Beith Ahawah  in Berlin and Haifa

People connected 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 in Rheineck Castle.
 * The religious scholar and sociologist Oliver Krüger (born 1973) grew up in Bad Breisig.