Jüchen

Jüchen
Municipality
Town square
Coat of arms
Location of Jüchen within Neuss district
Jüchen Jüchen
Coordinates: 51°06′04″N 06°30′06″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Neuss
Subdivisions	30
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Harald Zillikens (CDU)
Area
• Total	71.84 km2 (27.74 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	24,141
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	41363
Dialling codes	02164, 02165, 02166, 02181, 02182
Vehicle registration	NE
Website	www.juechen.de

Jüchen is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.

Mayor

Harald Zillikens (born 1959) (CDU) was elected mayor in 2009 and reelected in 2015 and 2020. He was the successor of Margarete Kranz (CDU).

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Jüchen is twinned with:

• Leers, France

Notable people

• Fritz von Ameln (1901–1970), management consultant, member of the Düsseldorf Landtag (1954–1966)
• Peter Bamm, actually Curt Emmrich, (1897–1975), writer
• Heinrich Siegmund Blanckertz (1823–Berlin), founder of the German steel spring industry
• Willibert Kremer (born 1939), football player and manager
• Annette Schavan (born 1955), politician (CDU), 2005-2013 Federal Minister for Education and Research
• Willy Wimmer (born 1943), politician (CDU)
• Dietrich Zillessen (born 1937), Professor of Religious Education at the University of Cologne