Herongen
Herongen
City of Straelen
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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 15 ′ 14 ″ E | ||
Height : | 41 m | |
Area : | 11 km² | |
Residents : | 2757 (Dec. 31, 2004) | |
Population density : | 251 inhabitants / km² | |
Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 | |
Postal code : | 47638 | |
Area code : | 02839 | |
Location of Herongen in North Rhine-Westphalia |
Herongen is a town in the town of Straelen in the Kleve district in the northwest of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The border with the Netherlands is 2.5 km to the west.
Herongen - first mentioned on March 17, 899 - has 2757 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2004) and is located on the federal motorway 40 ( Venlo - Ruhr area ), which runs south.
The Fietsallee on the North Canal , an approximately 100 km long cycle path on the North Canal in the Dutch-German border region, runs through Herongen.
history
On July 1, 1969, Herongen was incorporated into the city of Straelen.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows in red a right-facing, circular two-legged silver (white) snake ( Ouroboros ). She bites her own backside and holds a golden (yellow) paw cross in the middle in her claws . The coat of arms is derived from the legend of St. Amandus ; this is the patron saint of the place.
Architectural monuments
There are nine designated architectural monuments in Herongen (see list of architectural monuments in Straelen ):
- old catholic church, Bergstrasse 10
- new catholic church, Bergstrasse 7
- Amandus Chapel, Bergstrasse 21
- Rectory St. Amandus, Bergstrasse 9
- Hochkreuz in the cemetery
- Windmill , Bergstrasse 33
- Mühlenstump Niederdorfer Straße / Ahornweg
- Schleusenhaus, Schlousweg 5
- Main building of the primary school, Niederdorfer Straße 4
Resident companies
- The Landgard eG , the largest distributor of ornamental plants ( potted plants , cut flowers ), vegetables and fruits, as well as gardeners and florists' supplies in Germany, has its headquarters in Herongen.
- VERSEIDAG-INDUTEX GmbH, Herongen weaving mill, which is a subsidiary of VERSEIDAG-INDUTEX GmbH, Germany. The Herongen weaving mill looks back on decades of tradition. VERSEIDAG product range: Coating + Composite for high-quality industrial textiles / fabrics. Noteworthy delivery u. a .: the complete sails for the sailing training ship * GORCH FOCK * (Bj. 1958/59, Blohm & Voss Hamburg) of the German Navy.
- Herongen is one of six production sites of the company Carl Kühne KG , a food manufacturer that mainly produces vinegar , delicatessen and fine acids and is one of the largest producers of vinegar, cucumber and mustard in Europe.
Personalities
- Paul Heimen (1908–1978; † in Herongen), painter from the Lower Rhine region
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Main Statute of the City of Straelen, § 3. Accessed on March 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 79 .