Wermelskirchen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁml̩sˌkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Wärmelßkirrshe) is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid.

The neighboring municipalities are Remscheid, Hückeswagen, Wipperfürth, Kürten, Odenthal, Burscheid and Solingen.

The coat-of-arms of the city of Wermelskirchen looks like a silver shield split into thirds.

Wermelskirchen has an Evangelical, a Roman Catholic church and a Latin school.

The city has the head office of OBI[3] and the origin of the caster manufacturer TENTE.