Reeserward
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Reeserward
City of Rees
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 36 " N , 6 ° 20 ′ 41" E
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| Area : | 5.8 km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 | |
| Postal code : | 46459 | |
| Area code : | 02851 | |
Location of Reeserward in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Reeserward is a district of the city of Rees in the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 Reeserward was an independent municipality in what was then Rees County .
geography
Reeserward is located downstream on the right bank of the Rhine as seen from the Rees city center . The district, which emerged from an old peasantry , is an agricultural scattered settlement and only very sparsely populated. The former community Reeserward had an area of 5.8 km². Neighboring villages are Esserden and Grietherbusch . The nearby natural areas are Grietherorter Altrhein and Bienener Altrhein . Kalkar- Hönnepel is on the other bank .
history
Since the 19th century Reeserward formed a rural community in the mayorry Rees-Land (since 1928 Amt Rees Land ) in the Rees district in the Düsseldorf administrative district . During the Second World War , one of the Allied forces' Rhine crossings as part of Operation Plunder took place at Reeserward in March 1945 . On July 1, 1969, Reeserward was incorporated into the city of Rees by the Rees County Reorganization Act .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1832 | 88 | |
| 1861 | 92 | |
| 1871 | 92 | |
| 1885 | 94 | |
| 1910 | 90 | |
| 1925 | 97 | |
| 1939 | 74 |
Culture
The St.-Irmgardis-Schützenbruderschaft Esserden-Reeserward-Speldrop is a bearer of the local customs .
Picture gallery
Hof, Reeserward 11
Hof, Reeserward 7
Barn, Reeserward 7
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Community dictionary of the Rhine Province 1930
- ^ A b Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Operation Plunder and Varsity: The British and Canadian Rhine Crossing (Eng.)
- ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
- ↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. rees.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).