What is Mönchengladbach?
{{Foreignchar|ö|Moenchengladbach}} {{Infobox German Location |Name = Mönchengladbach |German_name = |Art = City |image_photo = Mönchengladbach münster.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Cathedral of Mönchengladbach |Wappen = DEU Moenchengladbach COA.svg |Wappengröße = |image_flag = Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Mönchengladbach.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|12|0|N|06|26|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Karte = |Lageplan = |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia |Regierungsbezirk = [[Düsseldorf Government Region|Düsseldorf]] |Kreis = urban district |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 70 |Fläche = 170.43 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 261645 |pop_metro = |Stand = 2005 |pop_ref = <ref>[http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp1_juni05.html www.lds.nrw.de]</ref> |PLZ = 41001-41239 |PLZ-alt = |Vorwahl = 02161, 02166 |Kfz = MG |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05116000 |NUTS = |LOCODE = |Gliederung = |Website = [http://www.moenchengladbach.de/ www.moenchengladbach.de] |Bürgermeister = Hans Wilhelm Reiners (2016) |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = [[CDU]] |ruling_party1 = |ruling_party2 = |ruling_party3 = |year = |_noautocat = }} '''Mönchengladbach''' ([[Low Franconian]]: ''Jlabbach'', ''Jelabbach'') is a city in the very west of [[Germany]], in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It is 35 km from [[Düsseldorf]] and 15 km from the [[Netherlands]] away. It has about 260,000 [[inhabitant]]s and a well-known soccer team, [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]. == Famous people born here == *[[Joseph Goebbels]], [[Nazi Party]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{Cities in Germany}} {{north rhine-westphalia}} {{multistub|geo|europe}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monchengladbach}} [[Category:Mönchengladbach]]