Mönchengladbach
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Summary
Mönchengladbach is a big city[1]. Mönchengladbach draws 6,566 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #159 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[5], Landschaftsverband Rheinland[6], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[7], Christian Democratic Union[8], WAGEV[9]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Düsseldorf Government Region[10]
- Country: Germany[11]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gladbach[12], Niers[13], Knippertzbach[14]
- Head of government: Felix Heinrichs[15]
- Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[16], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[17]
- Shares border with: Viersen[18], Rhein-Kreis Neuss[19], Heinsberg[20], Erkelenz[21], Schwalmtal[22], Korschenbroich[23]
- Named after: Gladbach[24]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Moenchengladbach North[25], Moenchengladbach East[26], Moenchengladbach South[27], Moenchengladbach West[28]
- Twinned administrative body: Bradford[29], Roubaix[30], Verviers[31], North Tyneside[32], Thurrock[33], Roermond[34], Pavlodar[35]
- Postal code: 41061–41239[36]
- Commons category: Mönchengladbach[37]
- Licence plate code: MG[38]
- Local dialing code: 02161[39], 02166[40]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Mönchengladbach[41]
- Coordinate location: 51.2, 6.4333333333333[42]
- Official website: https://www.moenchengladbach.de/[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mönchengladbach[44]
- Commons gallery: Mönchengladbach[45]
- Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-34e7-4ef7-8f93-25acc3b52f4d[46]
- Population: 259,996[47], 260,925[48], 262,188[49], 261,367[50], 261,454[51], 259,665[52], 261,001[53], 268,465[54], 268,943[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mönchengladbach include Borussia Mönchengladbach[56], an association football club[57], in Germany[58], founded in 1900[59] and Mönchengladbach airfield[60], a commercial airfield[61], in Germany[62].
Why It Matters
Mönchengladbach has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Mönchengladbach is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Mönchengladbach include Borussia Mönchengladbach[56], an association football club[57], in Germany[58], founded in 1900[59] and Mönchengladbach airfield[60], a commercial airfield[61], in Germany[62].