Bad Breisig

Bad Breisig
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Location of Bad Breisig within Ahrweiler district
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 (2024–29) Marcel Caspers[1]
Area
 • Total
19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
9,655
 • Density480/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

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 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)