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
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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
! +/-
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| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)
| 5,110
| 39.2
| 2.4
| 15
| ±0
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| align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 3,940
| 30.2
| 3.8
| 11
| 1
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| align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)
| 1,822
| 14.0
| New
| 5
| New
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| align=left| Free Voters' Society Bedburg (FWG)
| 906
| 7.0
| 6.6
| 3
| 2
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| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
| 520
| 4.0
| 3.2
| 2
| 1
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| align=left| Die Linke (Linke)
| 312
| 2.4
| New
| 1
| New
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| align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 311
| 2.4
| 1.3
| 1
| ±0
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| align=left| Independent W. Merx
| 64
| 0.5
| New
| 0
| New
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| align=left| Independent S. Merx
| 53
| 0.4
| New
| 0
| New
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! colspan=2| Valid votes
! 13,038
! 98.3
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! colspan=2| Invalid votes
! 230
! 1.7
!
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! colspan=2| Total
! 13,268
! 100.0
!
! 38
! 2
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! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout
! 20,159
! 65.8
!
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| colspan=7| Source: City of Bedburg
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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
left|thumb|150px|Wilhelm von Mirbach-Harff in 1917
- 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"