Hamminkeln

The city is Hamminkeln the Lower Rhine in the northwest of North Rhine -Westphalia and is a Medium district town of Wesel in the district of Dusseldorf.

Hamminkeln is the youngest and largest area city of Wesel. With its 164.54 km ², it is ranked 28 of all North Rhine-Westphalia municipalities and is about four square miles larger than the Principality of Liechtenstein. She is a member of the Euregio Rhine -Waal and is located in the territories of the Regional Association of the Rhineland and the Ruhr Regional Association. Two third of the city are Hohemark - Westmünsterland in the nature park. Hamminkeln Niederrhein Tourismus GmbH connected in Viersen, but also cooperates with the Ruhr Tourismus GmbH.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 City coat of arms and banners
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Economics
  • 4.2 Attractions
  • 4.3 Transport Infrastructure 4.3.1 rail and bus
  • 4.3.2 roads

Geography

Spatial location

The city lies between Hamminkeln Bocholt in the north ( about 15 km) and Wesel in the south ( about 10 km). The Issel flows through the urban area of Raesfeld coming up on the outskirts of Wesel to exit from there to the northwest extending in Wertherbruch the urban area to Isselburg. The Rhine is the hamlet Hamminkeln from about 12 km to the west. From Hamminkeln to the Dutch border is about 16 km. Approximately two-thirds of the urban area are Hohemark - Westmünsterland in the nature park. At the city limits to Wesel Nature Reserve is Diersfordter Forestry / Large Veen.

Boroughs

The city is divided into seven districts Hamminkeln of which form the districts Hamminkeln (approx. 6700 inhabitants) and Ringberg ( about 1900 inhabitants) the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The districts Dingden (approx. 6900 inhabitants) and Mehrhoog (approx. 6500 inhabitants) are the other residential projects within the urban fabric. The remaining districts are Brünen (approx. 4400 inhabitants) with Marienthal, Loikum (about 850 inhabitants) and Wertherbruch ( about 1050 inhabitants).

Neighboring municipalities / cities

History

The Hamminkelner Issel was a natural limit since Roman times. The Romans built here in addition boundary walls, which are equated with the Klever Landwehr. At the time of the migration to 350, the Issel was the border between the Christian Franks and the Saxons in the west to the east of the river. The river was the border of Christianity. In the year 779, Charlemagne crossed the territories of today's " Romans Rest ", located between the villages of Hamminkelner Dingden and Loikum, with his army the local Issel lowlands. 843 the Carolingian Empire was divided along the Issel river as a border, in the Eastern Empire of Louis the German and the media empire of Emperor Lothar. 946 Hamminkeln was first mentioned as " Hamwinkile " documentary.

In the district of the same water Ringberg Castle was built by Southshore Dingden, as a border. Destroyed during the Thirty Years War, the castle as the castle in the style of the Dutch Brarocks was built by the kurbrandenburgischen Field Marshal Alexander Freiherr von Spaen (1619-1692) again. During the Seven Years War, the French troops defeated on August 5, 1758 in the battle at sea (French Affaire de sea, today Hamminkeln - Mehrhoog ) of Brunswick Lieutenant-General Philip von Imhoff under General François de Chevert.

On 24 March 1945, the Operation Varsity were used by the Allies large areas of Hamminkeln as a landing zone for gliders and parachutists in the frame. Their goal was to form a bridgehead at Wesel on the Rhine, after the crossing of the Rhine in Arnhem / NL had failed. It was the largest airborne operation of the Allies during the Second World War.

On January 1, 1975, in the wake of the second restructuring program, the formerly independent communities Hamminkeln and Ringberg the former Office Ringberg, the communities Loikum and Wertherbruch and the place Mehrhoog ( from the communities Haffen - More and Haldern ) of the former Office Haldern and the community Brünen of the former Office Schermbeck (all in the former county Rees ) and the Westphalian municipality Dingden together in the Borken to a new community. Substantial parts of the former counties Dinslaken, Moers and Rees were combined with sub-areas of the circles Borken and Recklinghausen to the new district of Wesel. Hamminkeln leads since 1995 after exceeding the limit of 25,000 inhabitants, the title of city.

Population Development

( on ​​December 31 )

Policy

City ​​council

Mayor of Hamminkeln is being incurred for the CDU nonparty Holger Schlierf.

The 38 seats in the city council are distributed according to the results of the local elections in 2009 follows on the individual parties:

City coat of arms and banners

The coat of arms of the city Hamminkeln shows a silver buckler covered with a black eight-rayed lily reel on a green plate on a silver wave beams. On the edge of the large round shield, seven small round shields found in alternating colors. The green as the base color of the emblem symbolizes the Lower Rhine landscape, while the large circular area for the city are Hamminkeln and the seven small circular areas for the municipalities or parts formerly independent. The lilies reel has the historical affiliation of all former municipalities of the duchy of Cleves back (up to Dingden ), the wave bar represents the current flowing through the city Issel. The coat of arms was approved on 11 November 1977.

The banner shows on green bunting the emblems of the emblem.

Twinning

The town is twinned with Hamminkeln the English town of Sedgefield in County Durham since 1982 and with the Polish community Chmielno since 1999. With the Brandenburg municipality Neuhardenberg exist since 1990 contacts through their work in the wake of German reunification administrative assistance.

Economics, culture & Infrastructure

Economy

Hamminkeln is a town with a rural character. The district Dingden is a nationwide focus on textile processing industry.

Major employers in the city are located just off the A3 German clothing chain Bonita, Johann Borgers KG, Gerhard van Clewe GmbH & Co. KG, which SETEX Textil GmbH, H. and W. Schmänk ( Biberna ) GmbH & Co. KG that Maibom GmbH textile sales, gGmbH, the Academy Klausenhof, electrical bucket GmbH, Max Bögl precast Werke GmbH & Co. KG, the GTA GmbH, the WAT heat exchange GMBH and the internationally known motorcycle manufacturer Thunderbike.

In the district of Hamminkeln Founded in 1852, the Feldschlosschen brewery is located, which is especially specialized in Malt. Also there is the fruit winery van acquisitions KG resident, the " purveyor " of the German President has for some years. As the last of the former seven distilleries in the district Ringberg Bovenkerck GmbH is left. The only winery in the Lower Rhine is to be found in the district Wertherbruch. The Weinkontor monastery Freestyle operates a wine - outdoor museum here.

In addition to the many thousands of visitors counted Biker festival " Joker hard ," had appeared on the already well-known bands, are numerous classic events such as the renowned concert series on Good Rodehorst or the Marienthal evenings.

Attractions

Transport infrastructure

Rail and bus

In rail transport, the city Hamminkeln three stations can be reached,

  • About the stations Hamminkeln and Dingden at the Bocholt web (RB 32) Wesel -Bocholt be operated by connection to the Rhine -Express ( RE 5) in Wesel on the regional train " The Bocholt ", and
  • Is operated by the station Mehrhoog at the Holland route, from the Rhein- Express ( RE 5) and in the rush hour of the regional train " The Wesel " (RB 35).

The rail passenger transport is carried out ( regional rail ) by DB Regio NRW.

In the road passenger transport, the city area is supplied by five bus routes and a Anrufsammeltaxi (AST ).

For the entire public transport (PT ) the rate of the transport association Rhein-Ruhr ( VRR) and collective space border of the NRW rate applies.

Hamminkeln is served by the Federal Highway 3 (E 35) and the federal highways 8, 70, and 473 on the road network.

Pictures

Hamminkeln, cath. church

Personalities

  • Wilhelm von Lans (* 1861 in Hamminkeln (Good Loosen ), † 1947 in Charlottenburg), Admiral of the Imperial Navy
  • Augustine Winkelmann (* 1881 in Amelsbüren, † 1954 in Marienthal ), a pastor in Marienthal, conveyor visual art in sacred space
  • Hildegard bees ( * 1925 in Walsum, † 1990 in Marienthal ), visual artist
  • Heinrich Meyer (1938-2000), Mayor and Member of Parliament
  • Joseph A. Kruse (* 1944 in Dingden ), head of the Heinrich Heine Institute in Dusseldorf
  • Michael Maerker (1955-2005), sculptor, lecturer in stone design at the Academy Klausenhof
  • Maria Klein - Schmeink (* 1958 in Dingden ), politician of the Green Party, Member of the German Bundestag since 2009
  • Ralf Miggelbrink (* 1959 in Dingden ), Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Duisburg -Essen
  • Wolfgang Busch Fort ( * 1961 in Dingden ), social scientists, television journalist and nonfiction author
  • Claudia Wissmann ( born 1964 in Dingden ), light artist
  • Großbölting Thomas (born 1969 ), historian
  • Corina Schröder ( born 1986 in Dingden ), football player
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