Niederkrüchten

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

(2020–25) Karl-Heinz Wassong^[1]Area • Total67.07 km² (25.90 sq mi)Elevation68 m (223 ft)Population • Total15,284 • Density230/km² (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes0 21 63Vehicle registrationVIEWebsitewww.niederkruechten.de

Niederkrüchten is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km east of Roermond in the Netherlands and 15 km west of Mönchengladbach.

The formerly separate settlement of Elmpt was incorporated into Niederkrüchten in 1972. Elmpt was the site of a British armed forces base, known from its construction in 1953 until 2002 as RAF Brüggen and from 2002 until 2015 as Javelin Barracks. In December 2015 the base was handed back to the North Rhine-Westphalian authorities, who use it as accommodation for refugees.

• Wilhelm Lindemann (1828–1879), priest in Niederkrüchten, literary historian and deputy of the Prussian Landtag
• Karl Otten (1889–1963), writer and pacifist
• Helmut Loos (1950–), musicologist
• Amilia Heidlberger (1965-), french writer and activist

• Waldemar Bonsels (1880–1952), writer (for example Maya the Bee)
• Charlotte Roche (born 1978), actor and author

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