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Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Religion
- 90 % Christian
- 10 % other
[edit] Culture and Sights
[edit] Museums
- Hamaland-Museum
- Silhuette Museum
- Small-Shoe-Museum
- Skulpturenpark Erning
- Heimathaus Noldes
- Berkelkraftwerk
- Biologische Station Zwillbrock
[edit] Buildings
- the historical rests of the old castle
- barockes Herrenhaus
- old townhall
- fundaments of seven older churches under today's church
- The "Zwillbrocker Venn": The Zwillbrocker Venn, approximately 10km east of the city centre is part of a large nature reserve with numereous water areas. The Venn is home of Europe's largest Black-headed Gull breeding area and the world's northernmost Flamingo breeding site.
- The city park of vreden. In the city park is the farmer museum.
[edit] Coat of arms
In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne and the bishop of Münster, who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Paulus (patron of Cologne) and Petrus (patron of Münster) with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.
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