Remscheid
Remscheid | |
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 German Roentgen Museum | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Remscheid  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°11′0″N 07°12′0″E / 51.18333°N 7.20000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2020–30) | Sven Wolf[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.6 km2 (28.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 365 m (1,198 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 114,061 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 42801-42899 |
| Dialling codes | 02191 |
| Vehicle registration | RS |
| Website | www.remscheid.de |
Remscheid is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It has about 115,000 inhabitants.
Twin towns – sister cities
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Famous people who were born in Remscheid
[change | change source]- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist who discovered X-rays, the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023), jazz musician
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Remscheid. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
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