Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E / 50.50917°N 7.29639°E / 50.50917; 7.29639

Bad Breisig

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Bad Breisig
View of Bad Breisig
View of Bad Breisig
Location of Bad Breisig within Ahrweiler district
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
19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
9,740
 • 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
File:Burg Rheineck Reuterslei.jpg
Rheineck Castle [de]
File:Rheineck Borromaeus Kapelle.jpg
Saint Charles Borromeo chapel

Bad Breisig (German: [baːt ˈbʁaɪziç] Audio file "Bad breisig.ogg" not found) 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

See also

References

  1. Marcel Caspers ist jetzt auch Stadtbürgermeister, General-Anzeiger, 11 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)