Gartrop-Buhl

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Gartrop-Buhl
municipality Hünxe
Gartrop-Bühl coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 33 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 20"  E
Height : 25–43 m above sea level NN
Area : 18.33 km²
Residents : 679  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 37 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 46569
Area code : 02858
Gartrop Castle

Gartrop-Bühl is a district of Hünxe on the Lower Rhine in the Wesel district . The place has about 680 inhabitants and extends between the Lippe and the Wesel-Datteln Canal , which is an important waterway for the town. Until the municipal reorganization on 1 January 1975. Gartrop-Buhl was a separate municipality in the Gahlen , Kreis Dinslaken .

traffic

The Gahlener Straße is the connection to Schermbeck- Gahlen , Hünxe and Voerde . Public transport in Gartrop-Bühl is the bus route 71 of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Niederrhein and the citizen bus of the citizen bus association.

Attractions

The Gartrop , whose foundation stone was laid in the 14th century, is the most famous attraction Gartrop-Bühl. It is managed by Dr. Peter Blumrath restores and offers a restaurant and rooms for seminars and party activities. Another attraction is the water mill, also from the 14th century . 1950 was the lip dyke of the dugout of Gartrop-Buhl recovered, considered the greatest historical dugout true that has been found in Europe. It is exhibited in the Museum of German Inland Shipping in Duisburg. In 2000, a mammoth skull fragment with an incomplete tusk (2.29 meters) was discovered on the Lippe near Gartrop-Bühl , which can now be viewed in the Hünxe Local History Museum.

coat of arms

Blazon : In green divided by two silver (white) bars, above six red bars with tips pointing upwards; in the base of the shield a silver (white) deer head

Meaning: The coat of arms stands for the forest areas around Gartrop-Bühl. The middle part is reminiscent of a fence; it symbolizes the border with Westphalia.

Individual evidence

  1. Hünxe.de with population statistics reference date December 31, 2016
  2. Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X .
  3. The timetables on site - Hünxe ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vgn-online.de

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