Find a pharmacy in Juelich
Juelich is a compact university town of around 33,000 residents in North Rhine-Westphalia, anchored by Forschungszentrum Juelich — one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary research campuses — and the FH Aachen technical college. The six verified pharmacies in PillsCard's directory serve a mixed population of long-term residents, international research staff and postgraduate students, plus commuters from surrounding Dueren district villages who pass through the town centre for prescriptions and counselling. Pharmacies cluster around the historic citadel and Schlossplatz, with a second concentration along the Grosse Rurstrasse pedestrian zone. Cross-border patients from nearby Belgium and the Netherlands occasionally use Juelich pharmacies when visiting the research campus, though the town is not itself a medical-tourism destination — the ecosystem is steady, neighbourhood-scale, and oriented toward primary care support.
The market is fragmented across independent owner-operated houses rather than dominated by any single chain — German pharmacy law (ApoG) still restricts ownership to licensed pharmacists, capping any owner at four branches. The Schlossplatz-Apotheke sits directly opposite the citadel in the historic core, while the Nord-Apotheke serves the northern residential quarters toward the research campus. The Rur-Apotheke takes its name from the river that bisects the town and serves patients on the western bank, and the Post-Apotheke occupies a traditional position near the former main post office. Two listings — Bacciocco-Apotheke and Apotheke Bacciocco — reflect a long-established local family name in Juelich's pharmacy trade. None of the six are formally affiliated to a hospital, as Juelich's nearest acute facility is the St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus.
Pricing & coverage
A standard prescription dispensing fee in Germany is fixed at 8.51 EUR for Rx-only items, with GKV patients paying a statutory co-payment of 5-10 EUR per pack (capped at the medicine price). Over-the-counter products are not reimbursed for adults: paracetamol 500mg typically runs 2-5 EUR, a basic blood-pressure measurement in-store costs 0-5 EUR, and individualised medication reviews (Medikationsanalyse) are billed 60-90 EUR though GKV will cover them for polypharmacy patients on five or more drugs. PKV plans usually reimburse on receipt. Pricing for Rx items is regulated nationally under the Arzneimittelpreisverordnung — see BfArM for product authorisation status.
Emergencies & out-of-hours care
Juelich pharmacies operate a rotating Notdienst (emergency duty) rota coordinated by the Apothekerkammer Nordrhein, with one pharmacy in the wider Dueren district on call overnight and on Sundays — the duty pharmacy is posted on every shopfront and listed at aponet.de by postcode. For acute medical emergencies dial 112; the nearest 24-hour A&E is at St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus on Kaplan-Bremm-Strasse, with larger trauma capacity at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen roughly 35 km west. The non-urgent medical hotline 116 117 handles after-hours GP triage.
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This directory is informational only and is not medical advice. Patients should consult a licensed pharmacy or physician for individual clinical decisions.