Remscheid

Remscheid is a city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Remscheid
City
German Roentgen Museum
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Remscheid
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Coordinates: 51°11′0″N 07°12′0″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Urban district
Government
• Lord mayor (2020–30)	Sven Wolf[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	74.6 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	114,061
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	42801-42899
Dialling codes	02191
Vehicle registration	RS
Website	www.remscheid.de

It has about 115,000 inhabitants.

Twin towns – sister cities

Remscheid is twinned with:^[3]

• Ashington, England
• Granada, Spain
• Kırşehir, Turkey
• Mrągowo, Poland
• Newbiggin by the Sea, England
• Pirna, Germany
• Prešov, Slovakia
• Quimper, France

Famous people who were born in Remscheid

• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist who discovered X-rays, the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
• Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023), jazz musician