Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel.

Demographics

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Religion
:90 % Christian
:10 % other

Culture and Sights

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Museums

Hamaland-Museum

* Farmer-Museum

Siccours Museum

Small-Shoe-Museum

Skulpturenpark Erning

Heimathaus Noldes

Berkelkraftwerk

Biologische Station Zwillbrock

Buildings

the historical rests of the old castle

barockes Herrenhaus

old townhall

fundaments of seven older churches under today's church

Parks

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.

Coat of arms

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In the 13th century, Vreden was enlarged to a city by the archbishop of Cologne (Paulus) and the bishop of Münster (Petrus), who were the city owners of that time. The Coat-of-Arms shows Petrus and Paulus with a key and a sword behind the cross of Cologne and the bar of Münster.