Map
Basis Data
City Area:	137,68 km²
Population:	238.565 (as of 31.12.2003)
Population density:	1.733 Inhabitants/km²
Height:	39 m over sea level
ZIP Code:	47701 - 47839 (before '94: 4150)
Area Code:	02151
Coordinates:
License plate code:	KR
"Amtlicher Gemeindeschluessel":	05 1 14 000
Boroughs:	9 "Stadtbezirke" with 19 "Stadtteilen"
Address :	Stadtverwaltung Von-der-Leyen-Platz 1 47798 Krefeld
Website:	www.krefeld.de
E-Mail-Address:	[email protected]
Politics
"Oberbuergermeister":	Gregor Kathstede (CDU)
Debt:	419,3 Mio € (as of 31.12.02)
Population statistics(as of 31.12.02)
Quote of unemployed workers:	11,5 % inkl. Willich (as of 30.04.04)
Quote of Aliens:	13,6 %
Age Structure:	0-18 Years: 18,1 % 18-65 Years: 63,4 % more than 65 Years: 18,5 %

Krefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located southwest of the Ruhr area, just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine. (The borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine.) Population: 238,100. The city was known as Crefeld until 1900. It is accessed by A57 (Cologne - Nimwegen ) and the A44 (Aachen - Dusseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel)

The origins of the town were in Roman times, when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep). Krefeld itself was first mentioned in 1105 under the name of Krinvelde. Uerdingen was originally an independent town east of Krefeld, founded in 1255. In medieval times it was larger and more important than Krefeld.

The growth of the town began in the 17th century, when Krefeld was one of few towns spared by the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. The town was quickly overpopulated. In 1683 a large group of Krefelders left the town, crossed the Atlantic and founded the settlement of Germantown (now incorporated in Philadelphia).

The town of Uerdingen was less lucky; it was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War by troops from Hesse and almost ceased to exist. Krefeld got ahead of Uerdingen; both towns merged in 1928.

Contents

1 Districts 2 Incorporations 3 Historical population of Krefeld 4 Historical mayors of Krefeld from 1848 5 City councillors? 1946 - 1999 6 Twinnings 7 Persons 8 External links

Districts

• 010 Stadtmitte
• 020 Kempener Feld/Baackeshof
• 030 Inrath/Kliedbruch
• 040 Cracau
• 050 Dießem/Lehmheide
• 060 Benrad-Süd
• 070 Forstwald
• 080 Benrad-Nord
• 090 Hülser Berg
• 100 Traar
• 110 Verberg
• 120 Gartenstadt
• 130 Bockum , pop: about 28,000, elevation: 35 m, postal code: 47800 (old: 4150 Krefeld 1)
• 140 Linn
• 150 Gellep-Stratum
• 160 Oppum
• 170 Fischeln
• 180 Uerdingen , pop: about 25,000, elevation: 31 m, postal code: 47829
• 190 Hüls

Incorporations

Here are the old cities and places that were incorporated into Krefeld:

• 1901: Linn (Stadtrecht seit 1314)
• 1907: Bockum, Verberg und Oppum (alle Bürgermeisterei Bockum)
• 1929:
  • Krefeld became an independent city
  • Uerdingen , Krefeld (received municipal law in 1255/1344, added Hohenbudberg in Freimersheim)
  • Fischeln, Krefeld district
  • Traar, Krefeld district
  • Gellep and Stratum (in Lank), Krefeld district
  • Forstwald (Vorst), Krefeld district
  • Benrad und Hülserberg (Hüls), Kempem
• 1975: Locality of Hüls from Kempen (since 1970 integrated and belonged since 1929 to the Kempen-Krefeld district; in 1936 Orbroich had been independent)

Historical population of Krefeld

Year Population 1604 350 1722 1,499 1787 7,896 1830 18,511 1871 57,105 1875 ¹ 62,905 1880 73,872 December 1, 1890 ¹ 105,376 December 2, 1895 ¹ 107,245 December 1, 1900 ¹ 106,928 December 1, 1905 ¹ 110,344 December 1, 1910 ¹ 129,406 8. Oktober 1919 ¹ 124,325

Year Population June 16 1925 ¹ 131,098 June 16, 1933 ¹ 165,305 May 17, 1939 ¹ 170,968 September 13, 1950 ¹ 171,875 June 6, 1961 ¹ 213,104 Decemebr 31 , 1970 222,700 June 30, 1975 230,500 June 30, 1980 223,400 June 30, 1985 217,000 January 1, 1989 235,423 June 30, 1997 246,800 December 31, 2003 238,565

¹ Census data

Historical mayors of Krefeld from 1848

• 1848 - 1872: Ludwig Heinrich Ondereyck
• 1872 - 1881: Friedrich Christian Roos
• 1882 - 1903: Ernst Küper
• 1903 - 1905: Dr. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
• 1905 - 1911: Dr. Adalbert Oehler
• 1911 - 1930: Dr. Johannes Johansen
• 1945 - 1946: Dr. Johannes Stepkes
• 1946 - 1947: Dr. Wilhelm Warsch
• 1947 - 1949: Hermann Passen
• 1949 - 1951: Hanns Müller
• 1951 - 1956: Johannes Hauser
• 1956 - 1961: Josef Hellenbrock
• 1961 - 1968: Herbert van Hüllen
• 1968 - 1982: Hansheinz Hauser
• 1982 - 1989: Dieter Pützhofen , first time
• 1989 - 1994: Willi Wahl

City councillors? 1946 - 1999

• 1946 - 1949: Dr. Johan Stepkes
• 1949 - 1964: Dr. Bernhard Heun
• 1964 - 1986: Dr. Hermann Steffens
• 1986 - 1988: Dr. Alfred Dahlmann
• 1988 - 1999: Heinz-Josef Vogt

Twinnings

• Venlo, the Netherlands, since 1964
• Leicester, England, since 1969
• Dunkerque, France and Leiden, the Netherlands, since 1974
• Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1986
• Beeskow , Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany, since 1990

Persons

• Heinrich Band (1821 - 1860)
• Joseph Beuys (Mat 12 , 1921 - 1986), German artist
• Otto Brües (May 1, 1897 - April 18, 1967)
• Heinrich Campendonk (November 3, 1889 - May 9, 1957 in Amsterdam)
• Rudi Dornbusch (December 1, June 8, 1942 - July 25, 2002, German scientist
• Kurt Feltz (April 14, 1910 - August 3 , 1982 in Mallorca)
• Werner Ross (1912 in Uerdingen - 2002), German writer

External links

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• In German:
  • http://www.strassenmodenschau.de/ - Straßenmodenschau
  • http://www.oppum.net/ - InfoInfo on Krefeld-Oppum
  • http://www.flachsmarkt.de/ - Krefeld-Linner Flachsmarkt
  • http://www.kev.de/ - Krefelder Eishockeyverein (Krefeld-Pinguine - Deutscher Meister ´03)
  • http://www.theater-krefeld.de/ - Stadttheater Krefeld
  • http://www.ssv-gartenstadt.de/ - Krefelder Sportverein Krefeld Sports Facility - Handball - Badminton - Gymnastics