Gangelt
Gangelt () is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Gangelt
- German location.image_photo
- Gänsebrunnen_Gangelt.jpg
- German location.imagesize
- 220px
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Gangelt COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Gangelt in HS.svg
- German location.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German location.region
- Köln
- German location.district
- Heinsberg
- German location.elevation
- 60
- German location.area
- 48.72
- German location.postal_code
- 52538
- German location.area_code
- 02454
~2 min read
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Local subdivisions
- History
- Town twinning
- Local people
- References
- External links
Gangelt () is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg.
Its most well-known resident was cartographer Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, who lived the first five or six years of his life there. ==Geography==
Gallery (3)
On the map
2 mapped locations