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Gangelt

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.

Gangelt

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Köln

Heinsberg

17

Guido Willems[1] (CDU)

48.73 km2 (18.81 sq mi)

60 m (200 ft)

13,240

270/km2 (700/sq mi)

UTC+01:00 (CET)

UTC+02:00 (CEST)

52538

02454

HS

www.gangelt.de

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.

Gangelt with 2,521 inhabitants

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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

History[edit]

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]

Sohland an der Spree, Germany, since 1991

Kruibeke, Belgium, since 1998

Onderbanken, Netherlands, since 1975

cartographer born 1512

Gerardus Mercator

(born 1924), German physician and co-author of Großes Sängerlexikon

Karl-Josef Kutsch