Vreden

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen von Vreden.pnglat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 01 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 49 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Landkreis = Borken
Höhe = 27 - 57
Fläche = 135.53
Einwohner = 22723
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 48691
Vorwahl = 02564
02567 (partially in Lünten)
Kfz = BOR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 54 068
Gliederung =
Straße = Burgstraße 14
Website = [http://www.vreden.de/ www.vreden.de]
Bürgermeister = Hermann Pennekamp
Partei = CDU

Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel.

Demographics

Religion

:90 % Christian:10 % other

Culture and Sights

Museums

* Hamaland-Museum
** Farmer-Museum
* Silhuette Museum
* Small-Shoe-Museum
* Skulpturenpark Erning
* Heimathaus Noldes
* Berkelkraftwerk
* Biologische Station Zwillbrock

Buildings

* the historical rests of the old castle
* barockes Herrenhaus
* old townhall
* fundaments of seven older churches under today's church

Parks

*The "Zwillbrocker Venn": The Zwillbrocker Venn, approximately 10km east of the city centre is part of a large nature reserve with numereous water areas. The Venn is home of Europe's largest Black-headed Gull breeding area and the world's northernmost Flamingo breeding site.

*The city park of vreden. In the city park is the farmer museum.

Coat of arms

In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne and the bishop of Münster, who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Paulus (patron of Cologne) and Petrus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.