Rheurdt
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Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ' N , 6 ° 28' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Dusseldorf | |
| Circle : | Kleve | |
| Height : | 30 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 30.03 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6515 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 217 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 47509 | |
| Primaries : | 02845, 02833 | |
| License plate : | KLE, GEL | |
| Community key : | 05 1 54 048 | |
| LOCODE : | DE R9T | |
| Community structure: | 2 localities | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Rathausstrasse 35 47509 Rheurdt |
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| Mayor : | Klaus Kleinenkuhnen (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Rheurdt in the Kleve district | ||
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The municipality Rheurdt [ ʁøɐt ] is located on the Lower Rhine in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a municipality belonging to the district of Kleve in the administrative district of Düsseldorf .
geography
Spatial location
Rheurdt is located on the left bank of the Rhine in the Lower Rhine lowlands at an altitude of 30 to 80 m above sea level. NN . The Nenneper Fleuth, the Littardsche Kendel and the Landwehrbach flow through the municipality. The Rheurdter and Schaephuysener Heights, a terminal moraine from the Saale Ice Age, run in a north-south direction .
Municipal area
The community area covers 30 km². The municipality of Rheurdt is divided into the two localities Rheurdt and Schaephuysen (pronounced: Schaphüsen). The district of Kengen belongs to the village of Rheurdt, the districts of Finkenberg, Lind, Neufeld and Saelhuysen (pronounced: Saalhüsen) belong to Schaephuysen.
Neighboring municipalities / cities
The municipality of Rheurdt is bordered by the municipality of Issum in the north, the cities of Kamp-Lintfort and Neukirchen-Vluyn (both Wesel district ) in the east, the city of Kempen ( district of Viersen ) in the south and the municipality of Kerken in the west .
history
The municipality of Rheurdt was mentioned for the first time in 1294 as Rurde or Rorde . Until 1713 the individual communities and villages of Rheurdt belonged to the Duchy of Geldern , then came to Prussia and were under French rule from 1798 to 1814 . After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the associated localities came to the Rheinberg district , which was merged with the Geldern district in 1823 . This association was reversed in 1857 and the seat of the district was moved to Moers .
Territorial reform
The municipality of Rheurdt came into being in its current form on July 1, 1969 during the first municipal reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . The communities Rheurdt and Schaephuysen were merged to form the new community Rheurdt.
On January 1, 1975, in the course of the second reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia, the old Kleve district was merged with the former Geldern district and parts of the Moers and Rees districts to form the new Greater Kleve district on the Lower Rhine.
Population development
The following information relates to the current area of the municipality of Rheurdt.
- 1961: 4,239 inhabitants (Rheurdt: 2371 inhabitants, Schaephuysen: 1868 inhabitants)
- 1975: 5,508 inhabitants
- 1980: 5,604 inhabitants
- 1985: 5,617 inhabitants
- 1990: 5,511 inhabitants
- 1995: 5,983 inhabitants
- 2000: 6,433 inhabitants
- 2005: 6,651 inhabitants
- 2010: 6,736 inhabitants
- 2015: 6,704 inhabitants
politics
Municipal council
The Rheurdt community council consists of a total of 20 members. Since the last local election on May 25, 2014, the CDU (42.4%, 9 seats), SPD (28.7%, 6 seats), FDP (11.6%, 2 seats) and Greens (15.7%) have been in the local council %, 3 seats).
The next local election will take place in 2020.
mayor
In 2015, Klaus Kleinenkuhnen (non-party / candidate of the CDU) was re-elected mayor of the municipality of Rheurdt with 79.4% of the vote. There was no opponent.
The next mayoral election will take place in 2020.
Coat of arms and banner
The municipality of Rheurdt was granted permission to use a coat of arms, a seal and a banner with a certificate from the District President in Düsseldorf dated August 11, 1970.
The heraldic description reads: “In blue a silver deer head with a floating golden cross between the antlers; in the head of the shield three golden apples in bars. "
The coat of arms was designed after the municipal reorganization in 1969 and combines elements of the Rheurdt parish priest St. Nikolaus, the golden apples, with the legend of the Schaephuysen parish patron St. Hubertus. The colors gold and blue are those of the Duchy of Geldern.
Description of the banner: In a ratio of 1: 2: 1 blue-gold (yellow) - blue striped lengthways, in the upper third a free-standing silver (white) deer head in the visor with a floating golden (yellow) cross between the antlers, above three bars of gold ( yellow) apples.
Culture and sights
Sports
Rheurdt has a riding facility, an indoor pool (swimmers 'and non-swimmers' pools), two sports fields (Rheurdt and Schaephuysen), a tennis court, two gyms (Rheurdt and Schaephuysen) and a shooting range.
Parks
Burger park
The Burgerpark is a public green space in the heart of Rheurdt, which is right next to the Catholic Church and where traditionally the Easter bonfire, the Martin fire and the annual shooting of the shooters are held. It is also used for other special events by various clubs. The Rheurdter club tree has also been standing there for several years.
Oermter mountain
The Oermter Berg is one of the largest terminal moraines on the left Lower Rhine. Today it is a popular excursion destination and local recreation area. Until the 16th century, the mountain was even used as a wine-growing area by the nearby Kamp monastery . The wine is said to have only served as an altar wine. There you will also find the community meeting place, in which the "Natural History Collection Niederrhein" is exhibited.
Others
The state forest Rheurdt / Littard nature reserve and Leyenburg Castle , the former country residence of the von der Leyen family, are located in the Rheurdt municipality .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Bus transport
There are bus lines within the municipality and to the neighboring municipalities , which include connections and a. to Neukirchen-Vluyn and on to Moers .
Rail transport
The nearest train station is in Aldekerk . The Moers-Neukirchen-Vluyn-Hoerstgen-Sevelen railway line running through Rheurdt is partially closed and is currently only used on the Moers - Vluyn section , which has been reactivated for freight traffic since April 2008.
Road traffic
Rheurdt is connected to the national road network via the federal highways 9 and 510 as well as the federal highways 40 ( E 34 ) and 57 ( E 31 ).
Air traffic
The closest airports are Düsseldorf Airport and Niederrhein Airport in Weeze .
literature
- Rheurdt municipality (ed.): Rheurdt and Schaephuysen - a century in pictures. Rheurdt 2007.
Personalities
- Hugo Hammans (1927–2012), educator, development worker and politician (CDU)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 )
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 103 .
- ↑ Population of all municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia from December 31, 1962 at the end of each year according to the current territorial status
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 241 and 245 .
- ↑ a b Election results for the 2014 municipal elections, the Niederrhein municipal computing center
- ↑ Main statute of the municipality of Rheurdt: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2014 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.
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