title: Jüchen
text: # Jüchen
  
  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
  
  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
  