Brüggen, Germany

Brüggen is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Schwalm, approx. 15 km south of Venlo and 20 km north-west of Mönchengladbach.

Division of the town
Brüggen consists of 3 subdivisions
 * Brüggen
 * Born
 * Bracht

Mayors

 * Frank Gellen (CDU): since 2014
 * Gerhard Gottwald: 1989–2014

Sights

 * Brüggen Castle
 * Natural History Museum (Naturkundemuseum): since 1979 Brüggen Castle has been home to a regional hunting and natural history museum with a nature park information point.
 * Schwalmpforte, a former town gate
 * St. Nicholas' Church
 * Old Abbey of the Knights of the Cross (Kreuzherrenkloster)
 * Born Mill (Borner Mühle)
 * Brüggen Mill (Brüggener Mühle)
 * Schloss Dilborn
 * Old toll house with Rentei (~treasury)
 * Nature and Wildlife Park (Natur und Tierpark Brüggen)
 * New Jewish Cemetery
 * Old Jewish Cemetery

Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).

Personalities

 * Karl Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, (born 1952), chairman of the managing board of the German "Malteser Hilfsdienst"
 * Simon Jentzsch (born 1976), footballer