Herongen

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Herongen
City of Straelen
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Herongen
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
Herongen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Herongen

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

  • the Saint Amandus Church

  • the new church

  • the Amandus Chapel

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

  1. ↑ Main Statute of the City of Straelen, § 3. Accessed on March 17, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 79 .