Geilenkirchen is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Heerlen and 20 km (12.4 mi) north of Aachen.
Born in Geilenkirchen
• Marlon Bröhr (born 1974), CDU politician • Ludolf Camphausen (1803–1890), banker, Prussian minister president in the revolutionary year 1848 • Otto von Camphausen (1812–1896), Prussian Finance Minister • Christoph Dohmen (born 1957), professor of the Old Testament at the University of Regensburg • Hans Meyer (1900–1962), German physician and ministerial official • Max Wilms (1867–1918), German physician and surgeon ==References==