Bedburg () is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia of Germany with 25,000 residents. Since 2014, Sascha Solbach is the mayor of Bedburg. The town is documented as existing as early as 893.
Climate
Population
Politics The current mayor of Bedburg is Sascha Solbach of the SPD, who has been serving as mayor since 2014. In the 2025 local elections he was reelected with 64,57 % of the vote.
City council After the 2025 local elections, the Bedburg city council is composed as follows:
! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 5,110 | 39.2 | 2.4 | 15 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 3,940 | 30.2 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,822 | 14.0 | New | 5 | New |- | bgcolor=#0000CD| | align=left| Free Voters' Society Bedburg (FWG) | 906 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 3 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 520 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Die Linke (Linke) | 312 | 2.4 | New | 1 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 311 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1 | ±0 |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent W. Merx | 64 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent S. Merx | 53 | 0.4 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 13,038 ! 98.3 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 230 ! 1.7 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 13,268 ! 100.0 ! ! 38 ! 2 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 20,159 ! 65.8 ! ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Bedburg
Notable people Sons and daughters Arnold von Harff (1471–1505), knight and adventurer Katharina Molitor (born 1983), javelin thrower and volleyball player
People with connection to Bedburg
Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff (1871–1918), German diplomat and ambassador; lived in Bedburg and did his Abitur there Peter Stumpp (c. 1525–1589), 16th Century possible serial killer known as "The Werewolf of Bedburg"
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