Voerde (Lower Rhine)

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Coat of arms of the city of Voerde (Niederrhein)
Voerde (Lower Rhine)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '  N , 6 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Dusseldorf
Circle : Wesel
Height : 26 m above sea level NHN
Area : 53.49 km 2
Residents: 36,017 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 673 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 46562
Primaries : 02855, 0281Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : WES, DIN, MO
Community key : 05 1 70 044
LOCODE : DE VRD

City administration address : 		Rathausplatz 20
46562 Voerde (Lower Rhine)
Website : www.voerde.de
Mayor : Dirk Haarmann ( SPD )
Location of the city of Voerde (Lower Rhine) in the Wesel district
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Voerde (Niederrhein) [ ˈføːɐ̯də ] is a middle district city located on the lower Lower Rhine and northwestern edge of the Ruhr area . It belongs to the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Düsseldorf administrative region .

geography

Spatial location

Voerde is located in the northwest of the Ruhr area and southwest of the Hohe Mark-Westmünsterland Nature Park , on the right of the Lower Rhine and between the cities of Dinslaken (nine kilometers) and Wesel (eleven kilometers).

City structure

Districts of Voerde

The urban area is divided into the eleven districts of Götterswickerhamm , Löhnen , Mehrum , Möllen , Voerde , Stockum , Holthausen , Friedrichsfeld , Emmelsum , Spellen and Ork in accordance with Section 1 (3) of the main statute . However, the city districts are not localities in the sense of § 39 GO NW .

history

Voerde takes its name from a ford over a branch of the Rhine , the there to the Romans - and francs time existed (the old spelling for ford was " Fuerdt "). Near the old mayor's office was an early medieval burial ground from the 6th to the early 8th century AD. Voerde was first mentioned in 1344 as a feudal estate and castle of the Werden Abbey , but as early as 1327 the judicial district of Götterswickerhamm extended roughly over today's urban area . In 1652 Voerde became a glory by the grace of Brandenburg with its own jurisdiction. Voerde lost its rank of glory again when in 1804 - during the French era - it was given up in the office of Götterswickerhamm, which was converted into a "Mairie" shortly afterwards by Napoléon Bonaparte . In 1815/16 Voerde received municipal self-government rights as a municipality for the first time under the Prussian mayor's constitution. The municipalities of Voerde, Löhnen, Mehrum, Görswicker, Möllen and Spellen belonged to the Götterswickerhamm mayor's office in the Dinslaken district . In 1886 Voerde received a station on the railway line between Oberhausen and Arnheim .

20th century

In 1911 the Götterswickerhamm mayor's office was renamed Voerde's mayor's office. In 1912, after four years of construction with the Walsumbahn another railway line taken by Voerde in operation. The two communities of Mehrum and Görsicker were incorporated into the community of Löhnen in 1913. In 1915 Voerde had 7,985 inhabitants. The communities Möllen, Spellen and Voerde merged in 1922 to form the enlarged community Voerde. From the mayor Voerde 1928 was Office Voerde.

From 1943 to 1945 there was a forced labor camp of the Krupp company in Essen at the Buschmannshof . In the camp there were also 120 children in a foster home for foreigners , 99 of whom died in autumn 1944 and winter 1944/45 as a result of poor nutrition and illness. Some are buried in the "Franzosenfriedhof" in Friedrichsfeld (Alte Hünxer Straße). On the night of March 23-24, 1945, the 9th US Army crossed the Rhine at river kilometer 803.5 in Mehrum as part of Operation Plunder , thus reaching the right-hand side of the Rhine for the first time on this section of the front. On March 27, four American soldiers shot and killed eight German civilians who happened to be present or were walking past, two women and six men. The American military justice sentenced the officer involved to 25 years imprisonment - he was released after three years - the other three involved 18 and 19 year old soldiers were acquitted.

In 1950 the new municipality of Voerde was created through the union of the municipalities of Löhnen and Voerde. This point in time was also the hour of birth of the Voerder coat of arms . Voerde had 14,170 inhabitants at that time. Carnival has been celebrated in Voerde since 1972 .

On January 1, 1975, as part of the second reorganization program, the district of Emmelsum north of the Wesel-Datteln Canal was given to the city of Wesel and the district of Eppinghoven to the city of Dinslaken. At the same time, essential parts of the former districts of Dinslaken , Moers and Rees were merged with parts of the districts of Borken and Recklinghausen to form the new Wesel district. Since then Voerde has been a municipality in the Wesel district.

After exceeding the population of 25,000 Voerde became a town with 34,321 inhabitants in 1981. In 1983 the new town hall was moved into. Since 1997 a full-time mayor has been elected due to the changed municipal regulations (task of the municipal dual leadership of honorary mayor and full-time city ​​director ).

In 2002 the city of Voerde brought an action against the general operating plan of the Walsum mine ,

“As mainly due to the mining under the Rhine dykes and a. the security of the public infrastructure against flood hazards is massively impaired and the planned dismantling under the city center jeopardizes the implementation of urban planning because of the expected damage to the mountains, while the general operating plan does not deal with these consequences, but merely refers to the following dismantling plans. "

Several more lawsuits followed; the city of Voerde documents this in detail on its homepage.

A change of government at state level (in the state elections on May 22, 2005 , the red-green government under NRW Prime Minister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) lost to Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU)) led to a change in coal policy; mining directly under the Rhine was not carried out; the colliery was finally shut down in mid-2008.

In 2007, as part of the discussions about the dissolution of the Wesel district, the proposal was made to divide the city between Wesel and Dinslaken.

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , a majority of 37.9% of the population were Protestant , 34.2% Roman Catholic and 27.9% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. The number of Protestants and Catholics has fallen since then. Currently (as of December 31, 2019) of the population, 12,557 (34.7 percent) are Protestants , 31.9 percent are Catholics and 33.5% have either another religion or no religion at all.

politics

City council

Local election 2014
Turnout: 52.68% (−3.02 pp)
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39.53%
32.01%
8.15%
8.12%
5.57%
2.84%
1.66%
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town hall

The 42 seats in the city council are distributed among the individual parties as follows:

Political party
Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany
18th
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
14th
Alliance 90 / The Greens
4th
Voerde voter community
3
Free Democratic Party
2
Hans-Peter Bergmann (direct mandate)
1

After the results of the 2014 local elections, the SPD had 17 and the Left Party had 2 seats in the city council. Since the parliamentary group of the Left had dissolved on January 30, 2017, there will be 18 seats for the SPD and 2 for the FDP from 2017.

mayor

In 1806 Napoleon introduced the mayor's office in Götterswickerhamm. In 1815/1816 it was renamed "Maire", and it was not until 1911 that the municipality of Voerde officially had a mayor. Dirk Haarmann ( SPD ) has been mayor of Voerde since 2014 .

List of mayors of the city or before 1981 the municipality of Voerde:

Mayor of the community Götterswickerhamm (Götterswickerhamm office):

  • 1806–1823: Jan Leo de Brauin (1768–1829) (from 1815/1816 "Maire")
  • 1823–1851: Peter Friedrich Noot (1779–1859)
  • 1851–1854: Gustav Landmann (1810–1865)
  • 1854–1875: Karl von der Mark (1828–1901)
  • 1875–1878: Otto Bender (executive)
  • 1878–1880: Alexander von Berkenfeld
  • 1880–1891:? by Lilienhoff-Zwowitzki
  • 1891–1894:? Dihm
  • 1895–1897:? Brandtscheid
  • 1898–1903:? Weber
  • 1903–1921: Heinrich Giesen (from 1911 mayor of the Voerde office)
  • 1921–1926: Ernst Jaeger (1878–1926)
  • 1926–1944: Max Schlössin (1884–1956)
  • 1945–: Hermann Bosserhoff
  • 1944–1946: Nikolaus Hoffmann (mayor)
  • 1946: Heinrich Bruch (mayor) (SPD)
  • 1946–1948: Aloys Overkamp (mayor) (CDU)
  • 1948–1950: Johannes Küttemann (1882–1967) (mayor) (FDP)
  • 1950–1956: Johannes Küttemann (1882–1967) (Mayor) (FDP)
  • 1956–1958: Hermann Breymann (1898–1958) (SPD)
  • 1958–1966: Heinrich Schmitz (1900–1966) (SPD)
  • 1966–1994: Helmut Pakulat (1928–1999) (SPD)
  • 1994–1997: Heinz Boß (SPD)
  • 1997–2002: Hans-Ulrich Krüger (SPD)
  • 2003–2014: Leonhard Spitzer (CDU)
  • since 2014: Dirk Haarmann (SPD)

City partnership and city sponsorship

As early as 1957, the municipality of Voerde took on a town sponsorship with Krickerhau, today's Handlová in the Slovakian Hauerland . Voerde has had a town twinning with Alnwick in the northern English county of Northumberland since 1979 .

  • coat of arms

  • Coat of arms of the former municipality of Voerde

  • Coat of arms of the former municipality of Götterswickerhamm

  • banner

  • logo

Blazon : "Divided by black and red, at the dividing line an upper five-spoke golden wheel and a lower silver label, covered with an eight-armed golden glaive wheel (lily reel), the hub half filled with red."

Declaration of coat of arms: The coat of arms represents the formation of the entire municipality of Voerde symbolically. In the upper part of the coat of arms is the upper half of the coat of arms of the rule of Syberg on "House Voerde" ("In black a five-spoke golden wagon wheel"), and in the lower part of the coat of arms the lower part Half of the coat of arms of the Dukes of Kleve ("In red a silver heart shield, covered with an eight-armed golden Glevenrad ( lily reel )").

The coat of arms was designed by Otto Korn .

Description of the flag: The banner of the city of Voerde shows the city's coat of arms in the white upper quarter (banner head). Below there are two equally long and equally wide strips of red and yellow. The city was granted the right to use a coat of arms with a certificate from the Minister of the Interior dated October 18, 1951 and the right to carry a flag by the Minister of the Interior from May 15, 1957.

Attractions

Buildings

House of Götterswick
House Voerde
House flat
  • Götterswick House: moated castle from the 12th century, evangelical rectory from 1854 to 2011, privately owned since 2011.
  • Haus Voerde : The moated castle Haus Voerde is located in the middle of a small park. It was built as the farmyard of Werden Abbey (see Werden monastery ) before 1200. House Voerde was not mentioned in a document until 1344. In 1688 a tower was added on the northeast side. Overall, the moated castle was rebuilt several times. Haus Voerde has been owned by the city of Voerde since 1950. Today the registry office and a restaurant are located in the building. In 2003 the kitchen in the basement was renovated.
  • House apartment : The moated house apartment is located on the city limits of Dinslaken and is owned by Steag . The name can be traced back to the first owner Arnd van der Wonyngen in a document from 1327.
  • Rhine crossing at Voerde of the extended north-south line : support masts of the 220/110 kV line over the Rhine. Height: 138 meters, weight: 172 tons, built in 1926, three-level arrangement of the conductors in a Christmas tree configuration
  • Löhnen waterworks: The Löhnen waterworks of Wasserwerke Dinslaken GmbH with the largest nanofiltration plant in Germany

Churches

  • Evangelical Church Götterswickerhamm : Romanesque tower, ship rebuilt from 1830 according to plans by Schinkel; Baptismal font 12th century.
  • Evangelical Church Voerde: built in 1704 as a reformed patronage church of the Lords of Syberg on Haus Voerde; current construction from 1856.
  • Catholic Church Spellen St. Peter (Spellen)

Mosques

  • Imam-I-Azam mosque in the Heidesiedlung under the umbrella organization IGMG .
  • Möllen Yesil Mosque in the Möllen district under the umbrella organization DITIB , opened in 1975.
  • Sultan Ahmet Mosque in the center under the umbrella organization DITIB , opened in 1983.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Rail transport

The Voerde stop (Niederrhein) is located about 500 m northeast of the city ​​center on the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line (Holland route) , a transport route of trans-European importance and with a direct connection to the Dutch seaports. Also on the Holland route, four kilometers further north in the direction of Wesel, is the Friedrichsfeld train station (Niederrhein).

In regional rail transport, the Rhein-Ruhr-Express ( RE 5 ), the Rhein-IJssel-Express ( RE 19 ) and the Wupper-Lippe-Express ( RE 49 ) operate at these stations . The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) applies to all public transport and the NRW tariff applies to all tariff areas .

The second railway line in Voerder's urban area is the Walsumbahn , which connected Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof with Wesel until 1945 . The stops were the train stations Möllen (Niederrh) , Voerde-Löhnen (since 1947) and Spellen (Niederrh) . Until 1963, there was still passenger traffic on the Walsumbahn to Spellen. Today the route is only used for freight traffic and is used by logistics companies in the Lippe estuary, a commercial and industrial area with an intermunicipally operated Rhine port.

A freight line (Betuwelinie) has been planned along the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line since 2006 . It should enable fast freight traffic between the inland ports of the Ruhr area and the Rotterdam seaport. To achieve this, noise protection walls and overpasses and underpasses are being built along the route.

Streets

Voerde is connected to the trunk road network by the federal motorway 3 ( E 35 ) and the federal road 8 .

Waterways and ports

Voerde is located on the Rhine and the Wesel-Datteln Canal , on which the Emmelsum port is operated. This is operated by DeltaPort , an intermunicipal company in which the city of Voerde has a 25 percent stake and whose goal is to develop the Lippe estuary into an important logistics location on the Rhine.

economy

Important employers are Trimet Aluminum SE, formerly Voerdal and Corus , Aluminumhütte and Winergy AG . The Sappi companies and the globally active logistics company Jerich International are located in the Lippe estuary in the city of Voerder .

media

In Voerde there is one of six radio workshops of the local radio station Radio KW at the adult education center. Most of the programs of the community radio are produced in these studios.

Sports

Shooting sports

Shooting is widespread in Voerde . Sport shooters from the eleven Voerder shooting clubs regularly qualify for district, district, state and even German championships and have already won the German championship there.

Popular sport

The most important club for popular sports in the city is TV Voerde , whose women's fistball team won the World Cup in 2001 alongside numerous national and international titles. In addition to TV Voerde, there are three larger popular sports clubs, such as GA Möllen, SV Friedrichsfeld 08/29 and SV Spellen.

Equestrian sport

Equestrian sport also enjoys a great reputation in Voerde. The Reit- und Fahrverein Voerde also regularly organizes large riding and driving tournaments in various classes in its own riding arena.

tennis

In Voerde there are three independent tennis clubs, as well as the tennis departments of SV 08/29 Friedrichsfeld, Rotgold Möllen and SV Spellen.

Culture

The cultural life in Voerde is largely shaped by the Voerder associations. The musical training, especially for children and young people, is provided by the Musikschule Voerde e. V. and the Tambourcorps Voerde. The city of Voerde creates its own cultural program every year, which appeals to a large number of citizens with a wide range of event genres (children's theater, art exhibitions, cabaret, cabaret, classical concerts, etc.).

Festivals in Voerde

In Voerde, the German rifle custom has been a tradition for over 250 years. The city's eleven shooting clubs celebrate nine shooting festivals each year with a wide variety of highlights. The different number of shooting festivals compared to the clubs is because some clubs only organize a shooting festival every two years. In the meantime, carnival has also become a tradition. Every year around 25,000 people from Voerde and the surrounding area gather in Voerde to celebrate carnival. The carnival in Voerde began with 150 people and was brought to Voerde from the Cologne area. However, Alaaf is not called in Voerde , but the Düsseldorfer Helau .

Youth centers

There are two youth centers in Voerde, the urban youth center in the city center and the youth and cultural center “Stockumer Schule” in the Stockum district. The former Dietrich Bonhoeffer House ("DiBo"), which stood near the Rönskenstrasse sports facility on the Protestant church property, was demolished in 2010.

education

In Voerde there are five primary schools, a comprehensive school, a grammar school, a secondary school and a special school for the learning disabled and educational assistance. In addition to a city library (with branches in the districts of Friedrichsfeld , Spellen and Möllen) and the adult education center (VHS-Zweckverband Dinslaken-Voerde-Hünxe), there has been a Protestant family education center in Voerde since 1975 .

Personalities

Born in Voerde

Associated with Voerde

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. ^ Bonner Jahrbücher 146, 1941, 389. - Frank Siegmund: Merovingian time on the Lower Rhine. Rheinische Ausgrabungen 34. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1998, p. 434. ISBN 3-7927-1247-4
  3. ^ Wasserschloss Haus Voerde Website of the city of Voerde, accessed on October 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Ingolf Isselhorst: settlement development of the city of Voerde , Voerde-Spellen 1991
  5. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1911, p. 143
  6. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1913, p. 177
  7. ↑ Unveiling of memorial stones in the Mehrum on voerde.de. Other units had already crossed the Rhine in other places, e. B. Ludendorff Bridge near Remagen
  8. ↑ James J. Weingartner, Americans, Germans and War Crimes Justice - Law, Memory, and "The Good War", Santa Barbara, USA, 2011, 135–158
  9. ↑ 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 .
  10. ↑ Walsum mine - Foreword ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.voerde.de
  11. ↑ A chronology of the processes and decisions (mid-2002 to mid-2005; PDF; 32 kB)
  12. ↑ Flo ...: Wesel instead of Voerde. In: taz . April 11, 2007, accessed March 12, 2017 .
  13. ^ City of Voerde (Lower Rhine) Religion , 2011 census
  14. ↑ City of Voerde population figures , accessed on May 23, 2020
  15. ^ Ratsinformationssystem , website of the city of Voerde, accessed on July 15, 2017
  16. ^ Main statute of the city of Voerde

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