Bedburg

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Bedburg
Town
Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Bedburg within Rhein-Erft-Kreis district
Interactive map of Bedburg
Bedburg Location within Germany Show map of Germany Bedburg Location within North Rhine-Westphalia Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°00′00″N 6°33′45″E / 51.00000°N 6.56250°E / 51.00000; 6.56250
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2025–30)	Sascha Solbach (SPD)
Area
• Total	80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	25,210
• Density	313.5/km2 (811.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	50181
Dialling codes	02272
Vehicle registration	BM
Website	www.bedburg.de

Bedburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛtbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.

Climate

Population

Politics

The current mayor of Bedburg is Sascha Solbach of the SPD, who has been serving as mayor since 2014. In the 2025 local elections he was reelected with 64,57 % of the vote.

City council

After the 2025 local elections, the Bedburg city council is composed as follows:

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	5,110	39.2	2.4	15	±0
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	3,940	30.2	3.8	11	1
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	1,822	14.0	New	5	New
	Free Voters' Society Bedburg (FWG)	906	7.0	6.6	3	2
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	520	4.0	3.2	2	1
	Die Linke (Linke)	312	2.4	New	1	New
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	311	2.4	1.3	1	±0
	Independent W. Merx	64	0.5	New	0	New
	Independent S. Merx	53	0.4	New	0	New
Valid votes		13,038	98.3
Invalid votes		230	1.7
Total		13,268	100.0		38	2
Electorate/voter turnout		20,159	65.8
Source: City of Bedburg

Notable people

People with connection to Bedburg

• Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff (1871–1918), German diplomat and ambassador; lived in Bedburg and did his Abitur there
• Peter Stumpp (c. 1525–1589), 16th Century possible serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"

References

External links

• Official website (in German)

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