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Niederkrüchten
Municipality
Coat of arms of Niederkrüchten
Coat of arms
Location of Niederkrüchten within Viersen district
Viersen (district)North Rhine-WestphaliaKleve (district)Wesel (district)DuisburgKrefeldRhein-Kreis NeussMönchengladbachHeinsberg (district)NetherlandsNettetalTönisvorstGrefrathNiederkrüchtenBrüggenViersenWillichKempenSchwalmtal
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Location of Niederkrüchten
Niederkrüchten is located in Germany
Niederkrüchten
Niederkrüchten
Location within Germany
Niederkrüchten is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Niederkrüchten
Niederkrüchten
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°11′56″N 06°13′10″E / 51.19889°N 6.21944°E / 51.19889; 6.21944
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DistrictViersen
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2025–30) Thomas Ricker[1] (CDU[1])
Area
 • Total
67.07 km2 (25.90 sq mi)
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
14,619
 • Density218.0/km2 (564.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
41372
Dialling codes0 21 63
Vehicle registrationVIE
Websitewww.niederkruechten.de

Niederkrüchten (German pronunciation: [niːdɐˈkʁʏçtn̩]) 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.

Geography

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Niederkrüchten forms the heart of the Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, bounded by the Schwalm river to the north and east and by the Netherlands to the west and south.[3] The nature park covers an area of around 435 square kilometres, extending across parts of the districts of Kleve, Viersen, and Heinsberg as well as the city of Mönchengladbach.[3] The Schwalm-Nette Nature Park has been part of the cross-border Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park with the Netherlands since 1976.[4]

Elmpt

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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 German authorities; accommodation units on the site were used to house refugees.[5] The 882-hectare site has subsequently been acquired by developer Verdion, which is planning to build the Javelin Park, an industrial and commercial park covering approximately 177 hectares on the former airfield, with an anticipated investment of around €500 million and an expected 5,000 to 8,500 new jobs for the region.[6]

Personalities

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Personalities born in Niederkrüchten

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Personalities associated with Niederkrüchten

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Economy

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The municipality contains three established commercial and industrial zones hosting businesses from a range of sectors including trade, logistics, manufacturing and services.[8] Direct access to the A52 motorway connects Niederkrüchten to Düsseldorf and to the Dutch city of Roermond approximately 13 kilometres to the west, making it accessible to a cross-border market.[8]

The largest economic development project currently underway is the conversion of the former Javelin Barracks military airfield in Elmpt into a major commercial and industrial park. In September 2024 the district economic development agency (Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft für den Kreis Viersen, WFG) acquired around 10 hectares of the former airfield, zoned for commercial use, for marketing under the name Gewerbepark Elmpt to local and regional small and medium-sized businesses.[8] On the adjacent area of 158 hectares, the property developer Verdion is building the Javelin Park Niederrhein, planned to provide 650,000 square metres of space for logistics, manufacturing and industrial use; the park is designed to be fully energy-autonomous, with wind turbines on the former runway and an extensive rooftop and ground-level photovoltaic installation.[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Niederkrüchten: Stellvertretende Bürgermeister und Ausschussvorsitzende gewählt". Rheinischer Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2024 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
  3. 1 2 "Naturerlebnis- und Naturschutzgebiete". www.niederrhein-tourismus.de (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Naturpark Schwalm-Nette – Willkommen in der wandervollen Wasserwelt - Naturpark Schwalm-Nette". www.npsn.de. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "„Ein Bürgermeister ist ein Netzwerker"". kirchenzeitung-aachen.de (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Javelin Park – Latest news". www.verdion-javelin-park.com. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Charlotte Roche – Biografie". Chartsurfer. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 Boss, Daniel (26 September 2024). "Neuer Gewerbepark Elmpt: WFG startet Vermarktung". WFG Kreis Viersen (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Javelin Park – Gewerbepark im Herzen Europas". www.verdion-javelin-park.com. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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