Mettmann district

This article deals with the current North Rhine-Westphalian district of Mettmann. For the earlier Prussian district of the same name, see District Mettmann (until 1929)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '  N , 6 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Dusseldorf
Regional association :	Rhineland
Administrative headquarters :	Mettmann
Area :	407.22 km 2
Residents:	485,570 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	1192 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	ME
Circle key :	05 1 58
Circle structure:	10 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Düsseldorfer Strasse 26 40822 Mettmann
Website :	www.kreis-mettmann.de
District Administrator :	Thomas Hendele ( CDU )
Location of the Mettmann district in North Rhine-Westphalia

The district of Mettmann is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the administrative district of Düsseldorf . Geographically, the Mettmann district makes up the largest part of the Niederbergisches Land , in the south-west the district also borders the Rhine . Due to its central location between the major cities in the Rhineland, Düsseldorf and Cologne, as well as the Ruhr area and the Bergisch city triangle , the district of Mettmann is not only a popular local recreation area, but also an important business location . As part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region , the district belongs to a metropolitan area with over ten million inhabitants. In terms of culture, the district is counted as part of the Bergisches Land cultural region .

The district is the eighth largest in Germany in terms of population and the seventh smallest in terms of area; the population density is the highest of all districts in Germany . The Mettmann district has existed in its current form since the municipal territorial reform of 1975. At that time, today's Mettmann district was formed from parts of the Düsseldorf-Mettmann district and the Rhein-Wupper district . The most populous place in the district with around 92,000 inhabitants is the city of Ratingen , the least populous place with around 21,000 inhabitants is the city of Wülfrath . The administrative seat is the district town of Mettmann .

geography

location

The district of Mettmann is located on the north-western edge of the German low mountain range in the Niederbergisches Land between the conurbations of the Rhineland, the Ruhr area and the Bergisch city triangle. The district is bounded by the Rhine in the southwest and the state capital Düsseldorf is located in the west. The Ruhr area is directly connected to the north of the Mettmann district; in the northeast, the district in Deilbach near Velbert-Langenberg already borders Westphalia. In the east, the district is bounded by the Bergisches Städtedreieck and in the south by the city of Leverkusen.

The landforms are diverse. While the south-western parts of the district, as well as part of the north-west, already belong to the Lower Rhine Bay and thus to the North German Plain , the terrain rises in terraces to the northeast up to the Niederbergischen hill country in the east. The highest point in the district is at 303 m above sea level. NHN at the Großer Fettenberg in Velbert. The lowest point is on the banks of the Rhine in Monheim at 32 m above sea level. NHN.

climate

The Mettmann district is located in the moderate climatic zone . The climate is oceanic due to the proximity to the North Sea . Westerly winds often bring humid air masses; the summers are usually humid and moderately warm, the winters relatively mild. Despite the comparatively small area of ​​the circle, there are, in some cases, clearly noticeable climatic differences. In the higher elevations in the northeast it is usually a little cooler than in the lower southern part of the district, and there is also more precipitation in the northeast than in the south.

Waters

In addition to the Rhine, the Düssel also flows through the district. It rises in Wülfrath , flows through Wuppertal , Mettmann , Haan and Erkrath and flows into the Rhine in Düsseldorf . The Itter flows from Solingen via Haan and Hilden to Düsseldorf- Benrath , where it also flows into the Rhine. Coming from Velbert, the Anger also flows through Wülfrath, Heiligenhaus and Ratingen before it flows into the Rhine in Düsseldorf- Angermund . The Deilbach near Velbert- Langenberg forms the historical border between the Rhineland and Westphalia. In the north-west of the district, between Heiligenhaus and Ratingen , the district extends to within a few hundred meters of the Ruhr .

There are no larger natural lakes in the Mettmann district. Between Langenfeld and Monheim as well as in Ratingen and Erkrath there are some quarry ponds , which today mainly serve as recreational areas, such as the Unterbacher See . There are also lakes in Ratingen, Wülfrath and Mettmann in former limestone quarries .

Neighboring districts and cities

The Mettmann district borders, starting in the northwest in a clockwise direction, on the independent cities of Duisburg , Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen , on the Ennepe-Ruhr district , on the independent cities of Wuppertal and Solingen , on the Rheinisch-Bergischen district , on the independent cities of Leverkusen and Cologne and finally to the Rhine district of Neuss and the independent city of Düsseldorf .

history

Today's Mettmann district has existed since the municipal reorganization in 1975. Its origins go back to the Prussian Mettmann district, established in 1816 and again in 1860, and before that to the Mettmann office in the Duchy of Berg .

The current district area was restructured several times in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries and was temporarily part of the Elberfeld , Essen , Düsseldorf , Rhein-Wupper and Düsseldorf-Mettmann districts . The latter also included areas in what is now the Ruhr area , such as today's southern districts of Mülheim an der Ruhr (Mintard, former district of Kettwig) and Essen (former town of Kettwig).

The southern cities of the district, Monheim am Rhein and Langenfeld (Rhineland) , were taken over by the Rhein-Wupper district , which was dissolved on January 1, 1975 , of which Monheim - after a temporary incorporation in Düsseldorf - was not taken over until June 1, 1976.

Population development

year	Residents
1976	469,516
1980	482.974
1985	477.052
1990	499.372
1995	504,698
2000	507.699
2005	504.972
2010	495.155
2015	483.279

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , 29.7% of the population were Protestant , 33.2% Roman Catholic and 37.1% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information.

politics

District council

Election of the Mettmann District Assembly in 2014

in percent

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

42.5%

27.7%

11.8%

4.9%

3.8%

3.5%

2.5%

2.2%

1.1%

CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

left

UWG-ME

Pirates

AfD

VELBERT

Gains and losses

compared to 2009

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+1.0  % p

+ 4.4  % p

-1.6  % p

-5.7  % p

-0.5  % p

-1.9  % p

+ 2.5  % p

+ 2.2  % p

-0.3  % p

CDU

SPD

Green

FDP

left

UWG-ME

Pirates

AfD

VELBERT

Allocation of seats in the
Mettmann district assembly 2014

         

A total of 78 seats

• Left : 3
• Pirates : 2
• Greens : 9
• SPD : 21
• VELBERT differently : 1
• UWG-ME : 3
• FDP : 4
• CDU : 33
• AfD : 2

The district council of the Mettmann district has 78 seats and in the current electoral term six parliamentary groups and two groups. For the 2014–2020 electoral period, the CDU, FDP, UWG-ME and “Velbert anders” have formed a coalition. The 2014 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the district council:

Political party	Seats	Chairman
CDU	33	Klaus-Dieter Völker
SPD	21st	Manfred Schulte
Green	09	Bernhard Ibold
FDP	04th	Klaus Müller
UWG-ME	03	Brigitte Hagling
The left	03	Ilona Küchler
Pirates	02	Thomas Küppers
AfD	02	Ulrich Schwierzke
non-attached	01	Gottfried Ottweiler

Since the local elections in 1975, the district council has been composed as follows:

District assembly of the Mettmann district: share of the vote and seats
Electoral term	CDU				SPD				Alliance 90 / The Greens				FDP				Others				Seats
	Share of the vote
VIII: 1975-1976	46.8%	-	-	-	44.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	08.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	k. A.
VIII: 1976-1979	45.2%	-	-	-	45.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	08.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	k. A.
IX: 1979-1984	47.4%	+0.6		-	43.7%	−0.9		-	-	-	-	-	07.9%	−0.7		-	01.0%	+1.0		-	k. A.
X: 1984-1989	44.3%	−3.1		-	38.8%	−4.9		-	09.9%	+9.9		-	06.3%	−1.6		-	00.7%	−0.3		-	k. A.
XI: 1989-1994	40.1%	−4.2		-	40.0%	+1.2		-	08.9%	−1.0		-	08.4%	+2.1		-	02.6%	+1.9		-	k. A.
	Voter share and seats
XII: 1994-1999	42.9%	+2.8		30th	38.8%	−1.2		27	10.6%	+1.7		07th	05.3%	−3.1		3	02.4%	−0.2		00	67
XIII: 1999-2004	51.9%	+9.0		34	31.6%	−7.2		21st	06.9%	−3.7		05	05.9%	+0.6		4th	03.7%	+1.3		02	66
XIV: 2004-2009	46.3%	−5.6		33	29.3%	−2.3		21st	10.1%	+3.2		07th	07.8%	+1.9		6th	06.3%	+2.6		05	72
XV: 2009-2014	41.5%	−4.8		33	23.3%	−6.0		19th	13.4%	+3.3		11	10.6%	+2.8		9	11.1%	+4.8		08th	80
XVI: 2014-2020	42.5%	+1.0		33	27.7%	+4.4		21st	11.8%	−1.6		09	04.9%	−5.7		4th	13.1%	+2.0		11	78

District administrators

Until 1999, the honorary district administrator only performed representative tasks, the main administrative officer of the district was the district director (OKD).

• 1975–1989: Willi Müser ( CDU )
• 1989–1994: Heinz Pensky ( SPD )
• 1994–1999: Willi Müser (CDU)
• since October 1, 1999 (re-election 2004, 2009 and 2014): Thomas Hendele (CDU)

Senior District Directors (until 1999)

• August 1, 1959 to March 31, 1978: Günther Nothnick (SPD) (until 1975 Düsseldorf-Mettmann district )
• April 1, 1978 to March 31, 1990: Siegfried Hentschel (CDU)
• June 1, 1990 to September 30, 1999: Robert Wirtz (FDP)

household

The budget expenditure in 2012 amounted to EUR 435.1 million, which was offset by EUR 426.4 million from income, so that a shortfall of EUR 8.7 million arose. In 2012, the 10 cities had to pay 284.7 million euros to the Mettmann district via the district levy at a rate of 45.2%. Of these, Erkrath accounted for 22.6, Haan 18.4, Heiligenhaus 12.5, Hilden 35.2, Langenfeld 35.1, Mettmann 17.0, Monheim 24.1, Ratingen 67.7, on Velbert 42.0 and on Wülfrath 10.1 million euros. 113.7 million euros had to be paid to the Landschaftsverband Rheinland through the landscape allocation at a rate of 16.7% .

As of December 31, 2012, the Mettmann district was in debt with 6.43 million euros. Together with the district of Lörrach, this corresponds to the lowest per capita debt of all districts in Germany.

Constituencies

State constituencies of North Rhine-Westphalia

From May 28, 1975 to 1980 (8th electoral term), the Mettmann district was divided into the three constituencies of Düsseldorf-Mettmann I, II and III (constituencies 060, 061, and 062).

• Direct mandates in the Düsseldorf-Mettmann I constituency (constituency 060)
• Direct mandates in the Düsseldorf-Mettmann II constituency (constituency 061)
• Direct mandates in the Düsseldorf-Mettmann III constituency (constituency 062)

- Wilhelm Droste ( CDU ), (in the 9th electoral term in constituency 042 Mettmann III)

Bundestag constituencies

Up to and including the 1976 Bundestag election, the Mettmann district was divided into the Düsseldorf-Mettmann I and II constituencies:

• Constituency 73, Düsseldorf-Mettmann I (with Mettmann, Erkrath, Haan, Wülfrath, Hilden)
• Constituency 72, Dusseldorf-Mettmann II (with Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Kettwig , Office Angerland , Office Hubbelrath )

In the federal election from 1980 to 1998, the Mettmann district was divided into the Mettmann I and II constituencies:

• Constituency 73, Mettmann I (with Mettmann, Erkrath, Haan, Hilden, Langenfeld, Monheim)
• Constituency 72, Mettmann II (with Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Wülfrath)

In the federal elections since 2002, the Mettmann district has been divided into the Mettmann I and II constituencies (no changes to the areas):

• Constituency 105 Mettmann I : Mettmann, Erkrath, Haan, Hilden, Langenfeld, Monheim.
• Constituency 106 Mettmann II : Ratingen, Velbert, Heiligenhaus, Wülfrath

Vocational education

The Mettmann district is the sponsor of four vocational colleges:

• Vocational college Niederberg in Velbert
• Vocational college Neandertal in Mettmann
• Vocational college Hilden in Hilden
• Adam Josef Cüppers Vocational College in Ratingen.

In addition, the district of Mettmann operates the state-recognized training academy for health and social professions of the district of Mettmann GmbH. There are also various vocational training opportunities in individual cities.

Culture

Cultural projects

The Mettmann district participates in supra-local cultural funding. The cultural projects include the "neanderland BIENNALE", a theater festival with international partners, which takes place every odd year, and the "neanderland TATORTE - open studios" campaign, which alternates annually with the biennale. Every two years, artists present their latest work at the district-wide juried exhibition “neanderland ART”. Until 2012 this format ran under the name "Kreiskunstausstellung", from 2014 under the new name ("neanderland ART 14" for 2014). Every year in September, the district organizes the “neanderland MUSEUM NIGHT” together with museums and exhibition houses in the region.

In addition to the regional youth music competition , the Mettmann district calls for a youth band contest every year.

Awards

The Mettmann District Culture Prize has been advertised and awarded every two years in different categories since 2000. The winner receives 4,000 euros.

Prize winners:

• 2011 ( painting ): Katharina Gun Oehlert (Hilden)
• 2009 ( drawing ): Karin Dörre (Hilden)
• 2007 ( glass art ): Uta Majmudar (Haan)
• 2006 ( stone - sculpture ): Antjepia Gottschalk (Ratingen)
• 2004 ( watercolor ): Not awarded
• 2003 ( ceramics ): Silvia Roth (Haan)
• 2002 ( life's work ): Wolfgang Niederhagen (Haan)
• 2001 ( photography ): Christian Müller (Düsseldorf / Velbert)
• 2000 ( graphic ): Anna Schriever (Mettmann), Ulla Clemens (Ratingen), Uta Clemens (Erkrath)

Museums

→ Main article : List of museums in the Mettmann district

Jewish cemeteries

Nine Jewish cemeteries are documented for the Mettmann district : in Heiligenhaus (1), in Ratingen (2), in Monheim (1), in Mettmann (1), in Langenfeld (1) and in Velbert (3). They are cultural monuments that are worth protecting - stone witnesses to formerly existing Jewish communities and a lively Jewish community life up to the 1930s.

economy

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the district of Mettmann was ranked 143rd out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with “future opportunities”. In the 2019 edition, it was ranked 111 out of 401.

tourism

Logo Neanderland

The district of Mettmann markets itself together with its district towns under the label "neanderland" as a tourist destination and advertises sights such as the Neandertal and the Neanderthal Museum, a range of museums, historic town centers and landscape areas - from the hilly Niederberg landscape in the northeast of the district to the Rhenish plain in southern district area - as well as the neanderland STEIG circular hiking trail . A large part of the natural areas of the district is under nature and landscape protection.

The Mettmann district is one of the few regions that does not market itself under its geographical name, but with an artificial name (see also: Heidiland ). With the new word "Neanderland", the district ties in with the unique selling point of the region - the world-famous Neandertal with the site of the Neanderthal man . Based on the Neanderthal myth, the motif "neanderland" is intended to give the region and its ten cities a common identity and allow them to benefit from the international awareness of the Neandertal.

Initially, the Mettmann district used the term “Neanderland” primarily in its cultural projects. Through the EU / Ziel2 funding project “Erlebnis.NRW”, which the Mettmann district won in 2010 with its funding project “Expeditions to neanderland - destination marketing concept for the Mettmann district”, the name has since been primarily associated with tourism marketing.

The marketing concept, which was mainly supported by the majority parliamentary groups in the district council and the city councils of the cities belonging to the district, initially generated a split response from the population and is not yet fully anchored there. The “Neanderland” project, which mainly pursues tourist goals, has also met with rejection in the region between the major cities of Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, which is traditionally characterized by small businesses and small industries. The creation of a common identity under the "umbrella Neanderland" appears difficult. There are hardly any common traditions. The district was only created in 1975 as part of a municipal reorganization. In addition, some of the cities belonging to the district are very old foundations, e.g. Partly from the time before the year 1000. In this way, local traditions and dialects have developed, which can be very different from place to place. The influx of war refugees after the Second World War and the influx of migrants that have continued to this day seem to make it more difficult to find a common identity in the Mettmann district.

One year after the introduction of the new tourism marketing strategy in March 2013, Neanderland received increasing media attention: WDR television, for example, dedicated its series Wunderschön! To Neanderland . a 90-minute broadcast under the title “Das neue Neanderland”.

Campsites

There are three campsites in the Mettmann district:

• Camping site Rheinblick in Monheim am Rhein
• Gut Halfeshof in Mettmann
• Waterski camping in Langenfeld

Awards

The competition “Family-friendly company in the Mettmann district” was held in 2005 as part of the nationwide “Success Factor Family 2005” competition of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor , whose participants from the Mettmann district were automatically involved in the regional competition. The award winner was Discher Sanitätstechnik , Haan, Schwarz Pharma and Spedition Dammasch, Monheim am Rhein, Argetra Verlag, Ratingen and the Velbert city administration

traffic

rail

The S-Bahn S 1, S 6, S 8, S 9, S 28 and S 68 run (temporarily) in local rail passenger transport . The RB 48 stops in Haan and Gruiten.

Heiligenhaus and Monheim are not connected to the local rail passenger transport.

In public transport , numerous bus lines run between the cities, as well as a Stadtbahn line (U 72) of the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn in Ratingen . The bus lines are operated by the Rheinbahn , KVGM and the municipal utilities of the individual cities. The light rail line is operated by the Rheinbahn.

The prices of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr apply to all public transport in the Mettmann district . In Langenfeld and Monheim, the VRS tariff (“small border traffic”) applies to journeys in the area of ​​the Rhein-Sieg transport association , from Erkrath, Haan and Hilden the VRS tariff applies as a transitional tariff to Cologne (“large border traffic”).

Street

The Mettmann district lies between the Ruhr , Düsseldorf and Cologne metropolitan areas .

It is crossed by the A 3 and the A 59 in a north-south direction . The A 52 and A 44 and the A 535 , which connects Velbert and Wülfrath with the A 46 in Wuppertal, run in a west-east direction in the north of the district . The central district area crosses the A 46; it connects the motorways 1 , 3, 59 and 57 . The A 542 connects the A 59 with the A 3 to the south.

Air traffic

In the north-west, Düsseldorf Airport borders directly on the city of Ratingen and thus on the Mettmann district. The Cologne / Bonn airport is another airport in the vicinity.

District cities

In the district of Mettmann there are ten municipalities belonging to the district , all of which have the title " city ". The towns of Erkrath, Haan, Heiligenhaus, Hilden, Langenfeld (Rhld.), Mettmann, Monheim am Rhein and Wülfrath are medium-sized towns with 20,000 to 60,000 inhabitants . The two cities of Ratingen and Velbert are large district cities with more than 60,000 inhabitants .

(In brackets the population figures as of December 31, 2019)

Erkrath (43,992) Haan (30,406) Heiligenhaus (26,345) Hilden (55,625) Langenfeld (Rhineland) (59,178) Mettmann (38,757) Monheim am Rhein (40,948) Ratingen (87,520) Velbert (81,842) Wülfrath (20,957)

License Plate

When the new circle was formed, it was given the distinctive symbol ME with effect from January 1, 1975 . The towns of Monheim and Langenfeld used the distinctive sign OP of the Rhein-Wupper district until their incorporation in 1975 and 1976 respectively .

literature

• District of Mettmann: The neanderland STEIG. The official hiking book. With the path godfather Manuel Andrack. Droste Verlag, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Kreis Mettmann  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about the Mettmann district in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .   ( Help on this )
2. ^ Territory and population. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Regional cultural policy: Bergisches Land and Rheinschiene cultural region , rbk-direkt.de, accessed on June 15, 2020.
4. ↑ Regional cultural policy Bergisches Land ,kreis-mettmann.de, accessed on June 15, 2020.
5. ↑ Population data of the cities and municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
6. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 293 f .
7. ↑ Natural space maps for Düsseldorf. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ Geology of the Mettmann district. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
9. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 293 f .
10. ^ State database North Rhine-Westphalia
11. ^ Mettmann Religion District , 2011 census
12. ↑ Results of all elections between 1975 and 2004 for the Mettmann district (North Rhine-Westphalia) ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 71 kB) 
13. ↑ Results of the district elections in 1994 and 1999 (share of the vote and seats)
14. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/velbert/kreisumlage-mettmann-hebesatz-soll-abermals-sinken-id5112947.html
15. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/region-duesseldorf/mettmann/nachrichten/landrat-entlastet-staedte-1.2708185
16. ↑ http://www.kreis-mettmann.de/media/custom/413_1022_1.PDF?1337615412 p. 2
17. ↑ Debt ranking of the 295 districts in Germany, report from August 3, 2014
18. ↑ http://www.ratinger-news.de/betrifftratingen/weitsicht/5077-kreis-mettmann-lobt-kulturpreis-aus.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ http://www.kreis-mettmann.de/content/lang1/int_478.1794.1_0_.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?ptyp_id=100&preisd_id=7733&kpsid=cffee19d20137019698ad8224ac41f15
21. ↑ https://www.rp-online.de/region-duesseldorf/hilden/nachrichten/kulturpreis-fuer-oehlert-1.2640183
22. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/velbert/Zeichierungen-sind-gefragt-id352723.html
23. ↑ http://www.kunstaspekte.de/karin-dorre-kulturpreis-kreis-mettmann-2010-05/
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25. ^ Mettmann district. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia. Editor: Claudia Pohl. Version: December 2002; here: North Rhine - alphabetical list
26. ↑ Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . 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.  
27. ↑ PROGNOS future atlas. Handelsblatt, accessed on December 10, 2019 . 
28. ^ Tourism in the Mettmann district. Retrieved June 25, 2014 . 
29. ^ Rheinische Post Online: Neanderland brand - a strong asset. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 27, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
30. ↑ EU / Ziel2 funding project "Erlebnis.NRW". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 23, 2014 ; Retrieved June 24, 2014 . 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.  
31. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 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. 
32. ↑ Official district map ( Memento of the original dated May 29, 2011 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. 
33. ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 .   ( Help on this )