Bad Breisig
View of Bad Breisig
View of Bad Breisig
Coat of arms of Bad Breisig
Location of Bad Breisig within Ahrweiler district
Bad Breisig   is located in Germany
Bad Breisig
Bad Breisig
Bad Breisig   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Bad Breisig
Bad Breisig
Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°E / 50.50917; 7.29639
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAhrweiler
Municipal assoc.Bad Breisig
Government
  Mayor (202126) Marcel Caspers[1]
Area
  Total19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total9,671
  Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
53498
Dialling codes02633; 02642
Vehicle registrationAW
Websitewww.bad-breisig.de
Saint Charles Borromeo chapel

Bad Breisig (German: [baːt ˈbʁaɪziç] ) 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.

Personalities

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.

See also

References

  1. Marcel Caspers ist jetzt auch Stadtbürgermeister, General-Anzeiger, 11 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.


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