Stadt Herzogenrath

About Stadt Herzogenrath

Herzogenrath is a dynamic, lively, yet also traditional city directly on the Dutch border. Here, tradition and modernity have been combined in an attractive interplay. Herzogenrath has exemplary transformed from a former mining town into a technology-oriented business location and offers a high quality of life with its urban factors: Living – Working – Experiencing and Recreation. Numerous full-time and honorary staff work every day to ensure that citizens, as well as guests from home and abroad, feel comfortable here. The range of leisure and service facilities and an active and diverse social life for all age groups further enhance the feel-good factor. The two large districts of Kohlscheid and Merkstein complement the city center with different structures, and the good cross-border cooperation with the direct Dutch neighbors in Kerkrade completes the picture. More than 600 colleagues in a wide variety of professional groups are employed by the City of Herzogenrath. We rely on flexibility and freedom to promote independent work with short distances. We are characterized by a down-to-earth approach to direct communication with citizens and by quick decision-making. We are an approachable administration – direct, uncomplicated, and characterized by a special warmth. We are a visionary and courageous administration that drives the sustainable transformation of the city and expertly leads a variety of projects to success. Whether it is school construction, the expansion of renewable energies, or citizen-friendly social projects: all these measures require people who take the lead and are passionate about using their energy to achieve the city's diverse goals for a pleasant, sustainable, and optimal life, living, and working.