Bergisch Gladbach
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Bergisch Gladbach is a large district town[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of large district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,086 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rhein-Berg District[4]
- Country: Germany[5]
- Head of government: Lutz Urbach[6], Carl Theodor Echelmeyer[7], Marcel Kreutz[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], urban municipality in Germany[10], district capital[11]
- Shares border with: Kürten[12], Odenthal[13], Rösrath[14], Cologne[15], Leverkusen[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Bourgoin-Jallieu[17], Luton[18], Velsen[19], Joinville-le-Pont[20], Marijampolė[21], Pszczyna[22], Beit Yala[23], Ganei Tikva[24], Runnymede[25], Bucha[26]
- Postal code: 51427[27], 51429[28], 51465[29], 51467[30], 51469[31]
- Commons category: Bergisch Gladbach[32]
- Licence plate code: GL[33]
- Local dialing code: 02202[34], 02204[35], 02207[36]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Bergisch Gladbach[37]
- Highest point: Dreispringen[38]
- Coordinate location: 50.991666666667, 7.1366666666667[39]
- Official website: https://www.bergischgladbach.de/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bergisch Gladbach[41]
- Commons gallery: Bergisch Gladbach[42]
- Population: 109,697[43], 111,525[44], 111,341[45], 109,026[46], 113,085[47], 111,627[48], 99,517[49], 111,966[50], 111,645[51], 112,712[52], 112,660[53], 111,361[54], 111,174[55]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[56], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[57]
- Capital of: Rhein-Berg District[58]
- Official name: Bergisch Gladbach[59]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bergisch Gladbach[60]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bergisch Gladbach[61]
- Native label: Bergisch Gladbach[62]
Why It Matters
Bergisch Gladbach has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]