Bad Breisig

"Rheineck Castle" redirects here. For the castle in Franconia, see Rieneck Castle.

Bad Breisig (German: [baːt ˈbʁaɪziç] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the Rhine, approx. 15 km south-east of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.

Bad Breisig
Town
View of Bad Breisig
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Breisig within Ahrweiler district
Bad Breisig Show map of Germany Bad Breisig Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°30′33″N 7°17′47″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Ahrweiler
Municipal assoc.	Bad Breisig
Government
• Mayor (2024–29)	Marcel Caspers[1]
Area
• Total	19.93 km2 (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,655
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53498
Dialling codes	02633; 02642
Vehicle registration	AW
Website	www.bad-breisig.de

Rheineck Castle [de]

Saint Charles Borromeo chapel

Bad Breisig is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Breisig.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Beate Berger (1886-1940), director of the Jewish children's home Beith Ahawah in Berlin and Haifa

People connected with Bad Breisig

• Max Barthel (1893-1975), working poet, lived from 1948 to 1969 in Bad Breisig
• Klaus Badelt (born 1967), a German composer, which specializes in television and soundtrack.
• Kai Krause (born 1957), a German musician and software - pioneer, lives in Rheineck Castle [de].
• The religious scholar and sociologist Oliver Krüger (born 1973) grew up in Bad Breisig.

See also

• Bad Breisig (Final Palaeolithic site)