Vreden

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Vreden
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Vreden
Vreden (Germany)
Vreden
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
District Borken
Mayor Hermann Pennekamp (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 135.53 km² (52.3 sq mi)
Elevation 27 - 57 m
Population 22,723  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 168 /km² (434 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BOR
Postal code 48691
Area codes 02564
02567 (partially in Lünten)
Website www.vreden.de

Coordinates: 52°01′59″N 06°49′59″E / 52.03306, 6.83306

Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel.

Contents

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Religion

90 % Christian
10 % other

[edit] Culture and Sights

[edit] Museums

  • Hamaland-Museum
    • Farmer-Museum
  • Silhuette Museum
  • Small-Shoe-Museum
  • Skulpturenpark Erning
  • Heimathaus Noldes
  • Berkelkraftwerk
  • Biologische Station Zwillbrock

[edit] Buildings

  • the historical rests of the old castle
  • barockes Herrenhaus
  • old townhall
  • fundaments of seven older churches under today's church

[edit] Parks

  • The "Zwillbrocker Venn": The Zwillbrocker Venn, approximately 10km east of the city centre is part of a large nature reserve with numereous water areas. The Venn is home of Europe's largest Black-headed Gull breeding area and the world's northernmost Flamingo breeding site.
  • The city park of vreden. In the city park is the farmer museum.

[edit] Coat of arms

In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne and the bishop of Münster, who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Paulus (patron of Cologne) and Petrus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.


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Towns and municipalities in Borken (district)
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Coat of Arms of Borken district