Krechting (roadstead)

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Krechting
City of Rhede
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 50 ″  E
Area : 1.62 km²
Residents : 1900
Population density : 1,173 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st August 1968
Postal code : 46414
Area code : 02872
Krechting (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Krechting

Location of Krechting in North Rhine-Westphalia

Krechting is a district of Rhede in the Borken district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1968 Krechting was an independent municipality .

geography

Krechting is located on the Bocholter Aa , adjoins the Rheder core city to the south and is separated from it by federal highway 67 .

history

Krechting was originally an old Westphalian peasantry in the south of the church village Rhede. The first documentary mention comes from the year 1256. A small town center developed around today's Strait Insel . Since the 19th century, Krechting formed a rural community in the district of Rhede in the Borken district. On August 1, 1968, Krechting was merged with the other municipalities of the Rhede Office to form a new municipality of Rhede, which received city ​​rights in 1975 .

Population development

year Residents source
1858 364
1871 335
1885 320
1910 360
1925 416
1939 419
1950 592
1968 788

Culture

The local rifle club Krechting is a bearer of local customs .

Sports

The SV Krechting 1959 is the local sports club.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Website of the town of Rhede
  2. ^ Main statute of the town of Rhede
  3. ^ Official Journal for the Münster administrative district 1845, page 54. Retrieved on September 3, 2017 .
  4. ^ Law on the amalgamation of the municipalities of the Rhede Office of 9 July 1968
  5. Statistical news about the government district of Münster, 1860
  6. 1871 census
  7. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Westphalia 1885
  8. Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
  9. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. borken.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  10. ^ A b Hans-Walter Pries: Krechting. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .