Wardhausen

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Wardhausen
City of Kleve
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 25 ″  E
Area : 2.4 km²
Residents : 213
Population density : 89 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st July 1969
Postal code : 47533
Area code : 02821
Wardhausen (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wardhausen

Location of Wardhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia

Wardhausen is a district of Kleve , the district town of the Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969 Wardhausen was an independent municipality .

The Johanna Sebus Monument
Hofanlage Johanna-Sebus-Strasse 42

geography

Wardhausen is a street village on the western bank of the Spoy Canal . The Brienen district of Kleve is directly opposite on the other bank of the canal . The double village consisting of Brienen and Wardhausen is known colloquially as Spoy . The former community Wardhausen had an area of ​​2.4 km².

history

The history of Wardhausen can be traced back to the Carolingian era. Since the 19th century Wardhausen formed a rural community in the mayor's office Griethausen (since 1928 Amt Griethausen) in the district of Kleve in the administrative district of Düsseldorf . On July 1, 1969, Wardhausen was incorporated into the city of Kleve by the law to reorganize the district of Kleve .

Population development

year Residents source
1832 188
1861 174
1871 166
1885 221
1910 231
1925 219
1939 209
2010s
years
213

monument

The Wardhausen Johanna-Sebus monument and the courtyard complex Johanna-Sebus-Straße 42 are under monument protection .

Culture

The Brienen-Wardhausen Citizens' Rifle Club is one of the bearers of local customs .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Website of the city of Kleve
  2. a b Community dictionary of the Rhine Province 1930
  3. ^ A b Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).
  5. 1871 census
  6. Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
  7. Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .
  8. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. kleve.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).