Vreden

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Vreden within Borken district

(2020–25) Tom Tenostendarp^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total135.53 km² (52.33 sq mi)Highest elevation

57 m (187 ft)Lowest elevation

27 m (89 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total23,161 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

48691

Dialling codes02564
02567 (partially in Lünten)Vehicle registrationBORWebsitewww.vreden.de

Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel. The first mentioning of the town is proven for the year 839. In 1252 Vreden obtained city rights.

Demographics

Religion

90% Christian
10% other

Culture and sights

Museums

Hamaland-Museum
- Farmer-Museum
Silhouette Museum
Miniature Shoe Museum
Skulpturenpark Erning
Heimathaus Noldes
Berkelkraftwerk
Biologische Station Zwillbrock

Buildings

Former castle
Old townhall
Foundations of seven older churches under the current day St. Georg church
Baroque church in Zwillbrock
Stiftskirche (collegiate church of the former noble convent of Vreden)

Parks

The "Zwillbrocker Venn": The Zwillbrocker Venn, approximately 10 km west of the city centre is part of a large nature reserve with numerous water areas. The Venn is home of Europe's largest black-headed gull breeding area and the world's northernmost flamingo breeding site.
Vreden City Park: Includes the town's Farmer Museum.

Gallery

Vreden, church: die Pfarrkirche Sankt Georg
Vreden, church: die Stifftkirche Felicitas
Vreden, view to the Markt
Vreden, sculpture near the Berkel

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 Petrus (patron of Cologne) and Paulus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.

People from Vreden

Johannes Röring (born 1959), German politician
Stefan Decker, computer scientist

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.