Krefeld
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| City Area: | 137,68 km² | ||||||
| Population: | 238.565 (as of 31.12.2003) | ||||||
| Population density: | 1.733 Inhabitants/km² | ||||||
| Height: | 39 m over sea level | ||||||
| ZIP Code: | 47701 - 47839 (before '94: 4150) | ||||||
| Area Code: | 02151 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | Template:Coor dm | ||||||
| License plate code: | KR
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| "Amtlicher Gemeindeschluessel": | 05 1 14 000 | ||||||
| Boroughs: | 9 "Stadtbezirke" with 19 "Stadtteilen" | ||||||
| Address : | Stadtverwaltung Von-der-Leyen-Platz 1 47798 Krefeld | ||||||
| Website: | www.krefeld.de | ||||||
| E-Mail-Address: | stadtservice@krefeld.de (mailto:stadtservice@krefeld.de) | ||||||
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| "Oberbuergermeister": | Gregor Kathstede (CDU) | ||||||
| Debt: | 419,3 Mio € (as of 31.12.02) | ||||||
| Population statistics(as of 31.12.02) | |||||||
| Quote of unemployed workers: | 11,5 % inkl. Willich (as of 30.04.04) | ||||||
| Quote of Aliens: | 13,6 % | ||||||
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Krefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located southwest of the Ruhr area, just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine. (The borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine.) Population: 238,100. The city was known as Crefeld until 1900. It is accessed by A57 (Cologne - Nimwegen) and the A44 (Aachen - Dusseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel)
The origins of the town were in Roman times, when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep). Krefeld itself was first mentioned in 1105 under the name of Krinvelde. Uerdingen was originally an independent town east of Krefeld, founded in 1255. In medieval times it was larger and more important than Krefeld.
The growth of the town began in the 17th century, when Krefeld was one of few towns spared by the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. The town was quickly overpopulated. In 1683 a large group of Krefelders left the town, crossed the Atlantic and founded the settlement of Germantown (now incorporated in Philadelphia).
The town of Uerdingen was less lucky; it was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War by troops from Hesse and almost ceased to exist. Krefeld got ahead of Uerdingen; both towns merged in 1928.
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Districts
- 010 Stadtmitte
- 020 Kempener Feld/Baackeshof
- 030 Inrath/Kliedbruch
- 040 Cracau
- 050 Dießem/Lehmheide
- 060 Benrad-Süd
- 070 Forstwald
- 080 Benrad-Nord
- 090 Hülser Berg
- 100 Traar
- 110 Verberg
- 120 Gartenstadt
- 130 Bockum, pop: about 28,000, elevation: 35 m, postal code: 47800 (old: 4150 Krefeld 1)
- 140 Linn
- 150 Gellep-Stratum
- 160 Oppum
- 170 Fischeln
- 180 Uerdingen, pop: about 25,000, elevation: 31 m, postal code: 47829
- 190 Hüls
Incorporations
Here are the old cities and places that were incorporated into Krefeld:
- 1901: Linn (Stadtrecht seit 1314)
- 1907: Bockum, Verberg und Oppum (alle Bürgermeisterei Bockum)
- 1929:
- 1975: Locality of Hüls from Kempen (since 1970 integrated and belonged since 1929 to the Kempen-Krefeld district; in 1936 Orbroich had been independent)
Historical population of Krefeld
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Historical mayors of Krefeld from 1848
- 1848 - 1872: Ludwig Heinrich Ondereyck
- 1872 - 1881: Friedrich Christian Roos
- 1882 - 1903: Ernst Küper
- 1903 - 1905: Dr. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
- 1905 - 1911: Dr. Adalbert Oehler
- 1911 - 1930: Dr. Johannes Johansen
- 1945 - 1946: Dr. Johannes Stepkes
- 1946 - 1947: Dr. Wilhelm Warsch
- 1947 - 1949: Hermann Passen
- 1949 - 1951: Hanns Müller
- 1951 - 1956: Johannes Hauser
- 1956 - 1961: Josef Hellenbrock
- 1961 - 1968: Herbert van Hüllen
- 1968 - 1982: Hansheinz Hauser
- 1982 - 1989: Dieter Pützhofen , first time
- 1989 - 1994: Willi Wahl
City councillors? 1946 - 1999
- 1946 - 1949: Dr. Johan Stepkes
- 1949 - 1964: Dr. Bernhard Heun
- 1964 - 1986: Dr. Hermann Steffens
- 1986 - 1988: Dr. Alfred Dahlmann
- 1988 - 1999: Heinz-Josef Vogt
Twinnings
- Venlo, the Netherlands, since 1964
- Leicester, England, since 1969
- Dunkerque, France and Leiden, the Netherlands, since 1974
- Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1986
- Beeskow, Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany, since 1990
Persons
- Heinrich Band (1821 - 1860)
- Heinrich Campendonk (November 3, 1889 - May 9, 1957 in Amsterdam)
- Werner Voss (April 13, 1897 - September 23, 1917), German WW1 aviator
- Otto Brües (May 1, 1897 - April 18, 1967)
- Max Zorn (June 6, 1906 - March 9, 1993 in Bloomington), German mathematician
- Kurt Feltz (April 14, 1910 - August 3, 1982 in Majorca)
- Werner Ross (1912 in Uerdingen - 2002), German writer
- Joseph Beuys (Mat 12, 1921 - 1986), German artist
- Rudi Dornbusch (December 1, June 8, 1942 - July 25, 2002, German scientist
- Ralf Hütter (August 20, 1946), Lead Singer of Electronic Music Pioneers Kraftwerk
External links
- In German:
- http://www.strassenmodenschau.de/ - Straßenmodenschau
- http://www.oppum.net/ - InfoInfo on Krefeld-Oppum
- http://www.flachsmarkt.de/ - Krefeld-Linner Flachsmarkt
- http://www.kev.de/ - Krefelder Eishockeyverein (Krefeld-Pinguine - Deutscher Meister ´03)
- http://www.theater-krefeld.de/ - Stadttheater Krefeld
- http://www.ssv-gartenstadt.de/ - Krefelder Sportverein Krefeld Sports Facility - Handball - Badminton - Gymnastics
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