Gangelt

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Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Gangelt within Heinsberg district

(2020–25) Guido Willems^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total48.73 km² (18.81 sq mi)Elevation

60 m (200 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total13,240 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

52538

Dialling codes02454Vehicle registrationHSWebsitewww.gangelt.de

Municipality in Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg.

Its most well-known resident was cartographer Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, who lived the first five or six years of his life there.

Geography

Local subdivisions

Gangelt with 2,521 inhabitants
Birgden with 2,977 inhabitants
Breberen with 828 inhabitants
Broichhoven with 168 inhabitants
Brüxgen with 513 inhabitants
Buscherheide with 132 inhabitants
Harzelt with 201 inhabitants
Hastenrath with 536 inhabitants
Hohenbusch with 45 inhabitants
Kievelberg with 32 inhabitants
Kreuzrath with 504 inhabitants
Langbroich with 807 inhabitants
Mindergangelt with 244 inhabitants
Nachbarheid with 120 inhabitants
Niederbusch with 601 inhabitants
Schierwaldenrath with 596 inhabitants
Schümm with 93 inhabitants
Stahe with 1,029 inhabitants
Vinteln with 42 inhabitants

(21.02.2007)

History

Gangelt was first mentioned in a document in 828 as a King's property.

In February 2020, a carnival celebration caused a massive COVID-19 outbreak. In April 2020, one in seven residents was seropositive, in a sample of 500.^[3]

Town twinning

Sohland an der Spree, Germany, since 1991
Kruibeke, Belgium, since 1998
Onderbanken, Netherlands, since 1975

Local people

Gerardus Mercator, cartographer born 1512
Karl-Josef Kutsch (born 1924), German physician and co-author of Großes Sängerlexikon

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.
^ From: https://www.land.nrw/sites/default/files/asset/document/zwischenergebnis_covid19_case_study_gangelt_0.pdf