{{expand German|topic=geo|otherarticle=Gangelt|date=July 2016}} {{short description|Municipality in Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany}} {{Infobox German location |name = Gangelt |image_photo = Gänsebrunnen_Gangelt.jpg |imagesize = 220px |image_caption = |image_coa = DEU Gangelt COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|58|59|N|06|00|00|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Gangelt in HS.svg |state = North Rhine-Westphalia |region = Köln |district = Heinsberg |elevation = 60 |area = 48.72 |postal_code = 52538 |area_code = 02454 |licence = HS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 70 008 |divisions = 17 |website = [http://www.gangelt.de/ www.gangelt.de] |mayor = Guido Willems<ref>[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;25 |party = CDU }} '''Gangelt''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡaŋl̩t}}) is a municipality in the [[Heinsberg (district)|district of Heinsberg]], in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. It is on the border with the [[Netherlands]] and about 10&nbsp;km east of [[Sittard]] and 10&nbsp;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==

===Local subdivisions===

* '''Gangelt''' with 2,521 inhabitants * '''Birgden''' with 2,977 inhabitants * '''Breberen''' with 828 inhabitants * '''Broichhoven''' with 168 inhabitants * '''Brüxgen''' with 513 inhabitants * '''Buscherheide''' with 132 inhabitants * '''Harzelt''' with 201 inhabitants * '''Hastenrath''' with 536 inhabitants * '''Hohenbusch''' with 45 inhabitants * '''Kievelberg''' with 32 inhabitants * '''Kreuzrath''' with 504 inhabitants * '''Langbroich''' with 807 inhabitants * '''Mindergangelt''' with 244 inhabitants * '''Nachbarheid''' with 120 inhabitants * '''Niederbusch''' with 601 inhabitants * '''Schierwaldenrath''' with 596 inhabitants * '''Schümm''' with 93 inhabitants * '''Stahe''' with 1,029 inhabitants * '''Vinteln''' with 42 inhabitants (21.02.2007)

==History== Gangelt was first mentioned in a document in 828 as a King's property.

In February 2020, a carnival celebration caused a massive [[COVID-19]] outbreak. In April 2020, one in seven residents was seropositive, in a sample of 500.<ref>From: https://www.land.nrw/sites/default/files/asset/document/zwischenergebnis_covid19_case_study_gangelt_0.pdf</ref>

==Town twinning== * [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Sohland an der Spree]], [[Germany]], since 1991 * [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] [[Kruibeke]], [[Belgium]], since 1998 * [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] [[Onderbanken]], [[Netherlands]], since 1975

==Local people== * [[Gerardus Mercator]], [[cartographer]] born 1512 * [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]] (born 1924), German physician and co-author of ''Großes Sängerlexikon''

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{{Geographic location | Centre = Gangelt | N = [[Waldfeucht]] | NE = [[Heinsberg]] | E = [[Geilenkirchen]] | S = [[Brunssum]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Limburg (Netherlands)|LI]]) | SW = [[Beekdaelen]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Limburg (Netherlands)|LI]]) | W = [[Selfkant]] }} {{Cities and towns in Heinsberg (district)}} {{Authority control}}

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