Niederkrüchten | |
Image Coa: | DEU Niederkruechten COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 51.1989°N 6.2194°W |
Image Plan: | Niederkrüchten in VIE.svg |
State: | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Region: | Düsseldorf |
District: | Viersen |
Elevation: | 68 |
Area: | 67.07 |
Postal Code: | 41372 |
Area Code: | 0 21 63 |
Licence: | VIE |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 05 1 66 020 |
Divisions: | 4 |
Mayor: | Karl-Heinz Wassong[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 25 |
Niederkrüchten is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km east of Roermond in the Netherlands and 15 km west of Mönchengladbach.
The formerly separate settlement of Elmpt was incorporated into Niederkrüchten in 1972. Elmpt was the site of a British armed forces base, known from its construction in 1953 until 2002 as RAF Brüggen and from 2002 until 2015 as Javelin Barracks. In December 2015 the base was handed back to the North Rhine-Westphalian authorities, who use it as accommodation for refugees.