Velbert

[ fel-bert ]

noun

1. a city in North-Rhine–Westphalia, in the Ruhr district of W central Germany.

Example Sentences

"We just saw a mass of public order officers suddenly turn up and we were locked in," said a woman from the town of Velbert.

From BBC

"It started suddenly on Sunday," said Ute Nicole Gaertner, a resident of one of the buildings, in Velbert, near Dusseldorf.

From Reuters

The story alleged that Christian Cardona, the island’s economy minister, had visited a brothel that day in Velbert, a town near Dusseldorf, while on an official trip to Germany.

From Reuters

One of those who sued her this year — and got a court to freeze her bank accounts — is Malta’s economy minister, whom she enraged with a February report that he had been seen along with an aide in a brothel in the German town of Velbert.

From New York Times

Thousands of small-and middle-sized industrialists have contributed to West Germany's economic revival�the cutlery makers of Solingen, the locksmiths of Velbert, the china makers of Bavaria.

From Time Magazine Archive