Meerbusch, a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

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, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

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, Germany

Germany

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, has been an incorporated city since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the second most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

.

Geography

The town is located just outside Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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 near Düsseldorf International Airport

Düsseldorf International Airport

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 and Messe Düsseldorf

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. Further neighbour cities are Neuss

Neuss

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, Krefeld

Krefeld

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, Duisburg

Duisburg

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, Kaarst

Kaarst

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 and Willich

Willich

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. The total area of 36 square kilometres is divided into:

Area of each municipality of Meerbusch

Division	Area (km²)	Area (%)	Population
Büderich	17.06	26	21528
Osterath	12.02	18	12756
Lank-Latum	6.85	11	9861
Strümp Strümp Strümp is one of the eight districts of the city of Meerbusch, Germany. Its name is believed to be based on the stream Strempe that runs through the town and has its spring nearby.- Geography :...	6.20	10	5836
Ossum-Bösinghoven	5.03	8	2272
Nierst	7.22	11	1387
Langst-Kierst	3.55	6	1004
Ilverich	6.44	10	649

Division of the town

There are eight city districts which used to be independent communities before the city's incorporation: Büderich, Osterath, Lank-Latum, Ossum-Bösinghoven, Strümp, Langst-Kierst, Nierst and Ilverich.

Economy

Various companies have settled their branch offices in several industrial parks. Above all, IMAV-Hydraulik GmbH has its headquarters in „Breite Straße“ and Epson, Ernst-Rademacher GmbH, Nedap, ATHLON, BOBST GROUP and Kyocera Mita have settled in Office Park Mollsfeld. This enlarged area is called "Mollsfeld North". In the neighbourhood, there are also many industrial parks mostly used for logistics because of the highway. The industrial park „Fritz-Wendt-Straße“ in Strümp was developed because of the grinding technology company Wendt GmbH. „In der Loh“ business park in Lank hosts small and middle class companies like Abit AG or KUPP GmbH and features modern architecture in „Robert-Bosch-Straße“.

Websites

http://www.meerbusch.de

• Meerbusch Information about the City of Meerbusch