Meerbusch () is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss,

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. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in

Geography

Meerbusch is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern

. It is located between

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and

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near Düsseldorf Airport and Messe Düsseldorf. Other neighbouring towns and cities are

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, Kaarst, Willich and

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. The total area is divided into eight villages of varying sizes which used to be independent communes before the municipality was founded.

Economy

Many companies have set up offices in the town's several light industrial estates. Most significantly, IMAV-Hydraulik GmbH has its headquarters in "Breite Straße" and Epson, Ernst-Rademacher GmbH, Nedap, ATHLON, BOBST GROUP and Kyocera Mita have settled in the business park at Mollsfeld, part of a large development called "Mollsfeld North". Thanks to its excellent motorway connections (A57 and A44) the town boasts several business parks and light industrial estates, also featuring logistics operations. The "Fritz-Wendt-Straße" industrial estate in Strümp was developed because of the grinding technology company Wendt GmbH. The "In der Loh" business park in Lank is home to businesses in the SME sector such as Abit AG and KUPP GmbH, and features modern architecture in "Robert-Bosch-Straße".

Culture

The town sees frequent theatre plays and music events staged the Aula o
SMG
(Städt. Meerbusch Gymnasium, one of Meerbusch's two regional Grammar Schools) in Strümp, and at Forum Wasserturm, based in Lank Latum, predominantly featuring the comedy and satire genres. Dieter Nuhr and Frank Lüdecke have become regular artists over recent years. Each winter a popular folcloristic stage play is being performed in front of a 6,000+ strong audience.

Notable people

* Florian Schneider (1947–2020), musician, leader of

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Hansi Kürsch Hans Jürgen "Hansi" Kürsch (born 10 August 1966) is a German singer, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian. One of the founders of the band, he has been its lead vocalist since its creation in 1984, and also acted as ...

(born 1966), musician * Michael Funke (born 1969), racing driver * Ekaterina Moré (born 1976), Russian painter and author; lives here * Grim104 (born 1988), rapper

Twin towns – sister cities

Meerbusch is twinned with: * Fouesnant, France * Shijōnawate, Japan

References

External links

Meerbusch official websiteMeerbusch Alte Kirchturm
{{Authority control Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia Populated places on the Rhine Rhein-Kreis Neuss