Nettetal

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Nettetal
Town
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Krickenbeck Castle
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Location of Nettetal within Viersen district
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Nettetal
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Nettetal
Coordinates: 51°19′N6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E / 51.317; 6.283 Coordinates: 51°19′N6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E / 51.317; 6.283
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Düsseldorf
District Viersen
Founded1970
Subdivisions6 boroughs
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Christian Küsters [1]
Area
 • Total84 km2 (32 sq mi)
Elevation
38 m (125 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total42,508
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
41334
Dialling codes 02153, 02157, 02158
Vehicle registration VIE, KK
Website www.nettetal.de

Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Lower Rhine region.

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History

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Coat of arms

Nettetal was founded on January 1, 1970, when the former townships Leuth, Breyell, Hinsbeck and former towns/cities Lobberich and Kaldenkirchen were merged. All five communities had developed around the river Nette.

Nettetal originally contained five boroughs, until Schaag separated from Breyell in 1995, becoming the sixth borough.

At the time of its formation, it was considered too problematic to try and combine all five coats of arms into one, so a new coat of arm was introduced in 1971. It shows a water lily before a blue blackground, symbolizing the predominance of nature and the variety of lakes. Five water lily leaves represent the five founding boroughs of Nettetal.

Demographics

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Boroughs of Nettetal

Nettetal's six boroughs, with populations per its own census, as of December 2020: [3]

BoroughPopulationArea
(km2)
Lobberich 14,06717.64
Kaldenkirchen 10,02515.24
Breyell8,58911.85
Hinsbeck4,63218.98
Schaag3,7416.95
Leuth 1,79613.21
Total Nettetal42,85083.87

Geography

Nettetal is located in the middle of the cross-border Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, along the border with the Netherlands (the northwest edges of Kaldenkirchen and Leuth touch the border), approximately 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Mönchengladbach, Germany, and 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east of Venlo, Netherlands.

In addition to the river Nette, peat mining from the 16th to the 19th century has resulted in the formation of twelve lakes in the municipality.

The Nette, broad forest, heath areas and lakes make Nettetal a central resort in the Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park.

Lakes

Nettetal features 12 lakes, with a combined area of 179 hectares (440 acres).

Fed by the Nette:

Fed by the Nette's Renne tributary:

Fed by the Nette's Königsbach tributary:

Sights

Krickenbeck Castle (c. 1857 - c. 1883) Schloss Krickenbeck Sammlung Duncker.jpg
Krickenbeck Castle (c. 1857 – c. 1883)
Kaldenkirchen Sequoia Farm (2010) Sequoiafarm Eingangsbereich.jpg
Kaldenkirchen Sequoia Farm (2010)

Twin towns – sister cities

Nettetal is twinned with: [5]

Notable people

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Werner Jaeger 1915

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References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rathaus | Daten & Fakten | Bevölkerung" [Town Hall | Data and Facts | Population]. Stadt Nettetal (in German). 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  4. ↑ "Galgenvenn: Deutschlands zweitschönster Wanderweg" [Galgenvenn: Germany's second most beautiful hiking trail]. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Wandermagazin. 2016-08-11. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Städtepartnerschaften". nettetal.de (in German). Nettetal. Retrieved 2021-02-27.


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