title: Jüchen
text: Jüchen is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.
  
  Mayor
  Harald Zillikens (born 1959) (CDU) was elected mayor in 2009 and reelected in 2015 and 2020. He was the successor of Margarete Kranz (CDU).
  
  Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Jüchen is twinned with:
   Leers, France
  
  Notable people
   Fritz von Ameln (1901–1970), management consultant, member of the Düsseldorf Landtag (1954–1966)
   Peter Bamm, actually Curt Emmrich, (1897–1975), writer
   Heinrich Siegmund Blanckertz (1823–Berlin), founder of the German steel spring industry
   Willibert Kremer (born 1939), football player and manager
   Annette Schavan (born 1955), politician (CDU), 2005-2013 Federal Minister for Education and Research
   Willy Wimmer (born 1943), politician (CDU)
   Dietrich Zillessen (born 1937), Professor of Religious Education at the University of Cologne
  
  References
  
  Rhein-Kreis Neuss