Meerbusch () is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography Meerbusch is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany. It is located between Krefeld and Düsseldorf near Düsseldorf Airport and Messe Düsseldorf. Other neighbouring towns and cities are Duisburg, Kaarst, Willich and Neuss. The total area is divided into eight villages of varying sizes which used to be independent communes before the municipality was founded.
+ Administrative division Division Area (km2) Area (%) Population Büderich 17.06 26 21,528 Osterath 12.02 18 12,756 Lank-Latum 6.85 11 9,861 Strümp 6.20 10 5,836 Ossum-Bösinghoven 5.03 8 2,272 Nierst 7.22 11 1,387 Langst-Kierst 3.55 6 1,004 Ilverich 6.44 10 649
Population
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 of 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. Each winter a popular folkloristic stage play is being performed in front of a 6,000+ strong audience.
Notable people Florian Schneider (1947–2020), musician, leader of Kraftwerk Michael Sommer (1952–2025), trade unionist Hansi Kürsch (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 website Information about Meerbusch Meerbusch Alte Kirchturm