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Hückelhoven

Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Hückelhoven within Heinsberg district

(2020–25) Bernd Jansen^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total61.27 km² (23.66 sq mi)Elevation

75 m (246 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total41,301 • Density670/km² (1,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

41836

Dialling codes02433Vehicle registrationHSWebsitewww.hueckelhoven.de

Hückelhoven (German: [ˈhʏkl̩ˌhoːfn̩] ^ⓘ; Limburgish: Hukkelhaove [ˈɦʏkəlˌɦɔː˦və]) is a town in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Rur, approx. 10 km east of Heinsberg, 20 km south-west of Mönchengladbach and approximately 15 km from the border with the Netherlands.

Town parts

Altmyhl
Baal
Brachelen
Doveren
Hilfarth
Hückelhoven
Kleingladbach
Millich
Ratheim
Rurich
Schaufenberg

Twin towns – sister cities

Hückelhoven is twinned with:^[3]

Breteuil, France
Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom

People

Adolf Freiherr Spies von Büllesheim (1929-2011), German politician, farmer and lawyer

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Partnerstädte". hueckelhoven.de (in German). Hückelhoven. Retrieved 2021-02-15.