Wildenrath
Stadtteil of Wegberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the railway test track see Test- and Validationcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath.
Wildenrath is a township within the municipality of Wegberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is situated on the Bundesstraße 221 between Wassenberg and Arsbeck on the edge of Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park and close to the border with the Netherlands.
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Coordinates: 51°07′N 6°11′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Admin. region | Köln |
District | Heinsberg |
Town | Wegberg |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 1,619 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 41844 |
Dialling codes | 02434 |
Website | www.wegberg.de |
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For 40 years, the town was the home of the British military airfield, RAF Wildenrath. After the airfield closed in 1992, it became the Test- and Validationcenter Wegberg-Wildenrath, a railway test centre operated by Siemens Mobility.[2]