Straelen

The city Straelen (high German pronunciation [' ʃtra: lən ], Limburg / kleverländische pronunciation [ stra: lə ] ) is located on the Lower Rhine near the Dutch border at Venlo in the west of North Rhine -Westphalia and is a circular member town of the district of Kleve in the district Dusseldorf.

  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Member of Parliament
  • 3.4 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 European translators College
  • 4.3 Sport and Leisure 4.3.1 Table Tennis Association TTC Straelen / Wachtendonk 1980
  • 4.3.2 Sports Club 19 Straelen eV
  • 4.3.3 Other sports clubs
  • 5.1 Economics
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 personalities who have worked on site

Geography

Urban area

Spatially, the urban area Straelen in the districts Vorst, Auwel -Holt, Sang, Bormig, Zand, Broekhuysen, Boekholt, Hetzert, Vossum, Brüxken, Dam, Rieth, chestnut castle, Westerbroek and Herongen is divided.

Neighboring municipalities / cities

The city Straelen bordered to the north the city funds, to the east by the municipalities and Kerken Wachtendonk, in the south on the town Nettetal ( Viersen ) and in the west on the town of Venlo ( Limburg, NL).

History

South of Straelen direction Sang were recovered mid-19th century finds from an early medieval burial ground, which can be dated to around 600 AD. However, the relation with the later city Straelen is unclear because of the distance. The city was first mentioned in the year 1065/1075 in Latin as Strala. 1342 was designated as a city estimated that 200 to 300 inhabitants Straelen. Straelen was granted official city status in 1428.

The Church of St. Peter and Paul in Straelen burned from 1387 up to the tower and has recently directed a late Gothic hall church. According to archaeological investigations of the oldest construction was a stone church hall of about 6 x 8 m in size from 9-10. Century.

The district Zand was the site of the Battle of Straelen, which took place between the Dukes John I of Cleves and the eventual winner Adolf von Geldern in 1463. The latter donated in gratitude for the victory, the monastery Zandt, an order of knighthood and the knights monument Sterk helmet.

The city Straelen belonged until 1713 to the duchy of Guelders, then came to Prussia and was from 1798 to 1814 under French rule. During this time Straelen were deprived of their civic rights. 1815 the Congress of Vienna the entire Lower Rhine area was added to the Kingdom of Prussia. In the course of the Prussian administrative organization on April 23, 1816 Straelen was assembled with other places to county funds, one of more than 40 counties of the province of Jülich -Cleves -Berg, the later Rhine Province. 1928 - the 500 - year anniversary of the uprising Straelens the city - Straelen was formally re- issued its city charter.

The city Straelen in its present form came into being on July 1, 1969 the first municipal restructuring program in North Rhine -Westphalia. The previously independent community Herongen was merged with the city Straelen.

On 1 January 1975, the old district of Kleve was merged with the former county funds and sub-areas of the circles Moers and Rees as the new Lower Rhine Great Circle Kleve, which the city belongs unchanged to this day in the course of the second restructuring program. 2005 Straelen was in competition "Our city is blossoming" certified gold.

The figures relate to the present territory of the city Straelen.

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council consists of 32 members Straelen. Since the last municipal election on August 30, 2009, various parties and groups in the city council are represented as follows:

In addition to the nationwide parties represented in the Straelener local politics a local constituency association active: The Green opposition Straelen (GOS ), which was founded in 2003 by former Green Party members.

On 1 July 2012, the Group has formed Citizens for Straelen (CDU ), which is now represented by two seats in the City Council Straelen. It consists of one former faction member of the FDP and the GO Straelen.

In addition, the GO Straelen and Green came together to form a parliamentary group.

The next municipal election will be held in 2014.

Mayor

For Mayor of Straelen 2009 Jörg Lange Meyer (CDU ) was elected with 38.1 % of votes. His rival candidates were former CDU parliamentary leader Hans -Josef Hammans (single applicant, 27.3 % ), Georg Nieskens (single applicant, 14.4%), Falko Schuster ( SPD, 9.2% ), Michael Sad (FDP, 7, 6%) and Stefan Kemmer Ling (GO Straelen, 3.5%). Jörg Lange Meyer was added on 1 December 2013 retirement.

The next mayoral election will take place during the local elections on 25 May 2014.

Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament are directly elected Ronald Pofalla (CDU ) and selected the appropriate lists Barbara Hendricks (SPD ) and Paul K. Friedhoff (FDP). Member of Parliament is Margret Voßeler ( CDU).

Twinning

Straelen is connected by twinning with the French community Bayon in Lorraine (since 1963 ) and with the Polish community Strzelin in Lower Silesia. There are also friendly relations with Biitzow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Culture and sights

Structures

Some of the numerous mansions and castles that were built along the Nier as a natural border of various territories, lying on Straelener area. These include house Caen, Coull house, house and home Eyll Vlassrath. Much younger, that of 1923, the mansion is Paesmühle on Moelenbeek, near the Valley of the Seven Springs. Exist only as ruins are the remains of the airfield Venlo Herongen from the Second World War. The most striking building is the Church of St. Peter and Paul in the city core.

European translators College

Founded in 1978, The European Translators' College has Straelen made ​​known in the literary world. The EÜK has the world's first and largest specialized library for literature and non-fiction translators for different languages ​​and literatures.

Sport and Leisure

Table tennis club TTC Straelen / Wachtendonk 1980

As early as 1980 the table tennis club Straelen Wachtendonk was founded, initially as TTC Straelen / Herongen. Later, the club merged with table tennis departments of sports clubs surrounding villages and received his still valid designation TTC Straelen Wachtendonk 1980 eV. Consequently, the club is the sporting home for table tennis players and aspiring table tennis players from Straelen, Wachtendonk, Wankum, Herongen and environment.

Sports Club 19 Straelen eV

The SV 19 Straelen is the largest sports club in the city. It offers an extensive sports program for all age groups, covering mass, health and performance sports. Its sports facilities include a sports field, a swimming pool and four multi-purpose halls. Especially in the sports of football and handball teams of the SV 19 are always successful in tournaments.

Other sports clubs

SC Blue-White Auwel -Holt, Chess Club Straelen 1956, Sportfreunde Broekhuysen 1959, Sports Club " Blue-White " 1910 Herongen and Tennis Club " Blue and white gold."

Regular events

  • Straelener town festival, every year in July
  • Come na Huus, Music Festival, every summer
  • Straelen live music event with various bands in various places of the city, each year in early September
  • Spring and autumn fair
  • Christmas market at the beginning of the Advent season
  • Big carnival in the "even " years, the weekend before Mardi Gras United
  • Table Tennis City Championships last weekend before Christmas

Associations and institutions

German Red Cross

Straelen has its own local association of the German Red Cross ( DRK ), which was originally founded in 1934 as a standby. The members of the local association to do some voluntary work among other things, at blood drives, medical services, civil protection and an annual holiday camp on the island of Ameland. Furthermore, children and young people are offered the opportunity from 6 years to be active in the Red Cross Youth.

In 2006, the DRC launched together with the volunteer fire the action " Straelener against cardiac death ." The objective is the widespread acquisition of so-called AEDs.

Burschenverein Suure Prumme

The club was founded on April 6, 1984, first as a regular table. As the young " lads " had fun at the carnival, they studied the carnival season in 1986 for the domestic Large Karnevalsgesellschaft GKG Straelen a ballet performance. In subsequent years, the surrounding carnival stages were conquered and the boys made ​​it to the Mecca of the Rhenish Carnival in Cologne. From 1998 to 2007, the performances jährten in Gürzenich or in the Sartory - halls.

Straelener Platt

Stroels Ploatt and the different dialects of the surrounding villages, based on the Lower Franconian languages ​​that were spoken at the time of early medieval expansion of the Franks on the Lower Rhine. The dialects of the right bank of Emmerich to Duisburg, left bank of Cleves to Krefeld district sleeve ( with Hölsch Plott ) (also called Kleverländisch ) north of the northern Lower Franconian spoken Uerdinger line attributed. Stroals Ploatt has the " tone " and use similarities with the dialects of the nearby Dutch border area. North of the line Uerdinger the personal pronoun is " I " spoken so well in Straelen as " ek " or " ekk ". South of this line, in Südniederfränkischen (also called Ostlimburgisch ) instead, " isch " or " esh " are used. Further south Benrather line runs ( Maake - maache distinction ) that separates the Südniederfränkische the Middle Franconian ( with the Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch ). East of Bocholt / Oberhausen moreover proceeds of Westphalia towards the unity plural line. Although Platt is maintained in clubs and dialect circles, the number of dialect speakers goes especially among younger people back constantly. Increasingly, a Niederrheinisches German is spoken vernacular called - called by scientists Regiolekt.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

Straelen is primarily a center of agriculture and horticulture and has a national importance in the wholesale products as well as in food processing. On June 4, 1914 was held in Straelen the first German vegetable auction held by the Dutch model. Almost 40 years later, in 1953, were flowers in the vegetable auction halls for the first time sold more than one auction clock in Germany. Currently here takes place the largest flower auction in Germany every weekday. The resulting 2006 through a merger companies Landgard is today Germany's leading wholesaler of cut flowers, potted plants, fruit and vegetables with a total turnover of over one billion euros in 2006. Landgard buys goods from over 3,000 the delivering horticultural producers and sells them to 25,000 wholesale and retail customers.

Known Straelener companies:

  • Bofrost ( production and marketing of frozen foods )
  • Bonduelle ( processing of vegetables especially in canned form)
  • Carl Kühne KG ( a production site of the Hamburg group in Herongen; production of mustard, vinegar and canned )
  • Horticultural Center Straelen ( training, testing and counseling center for horticulture )
  • Landgard ( wholesale with potted plants and cut flowers, fruit and vegetables in Herongen )
  • Gas Line GmbH & Co. KG ( Germany further operator of a fiber-optic network )

Traffic

Straelen is today no more railway line. There was a railway route from Venlo to money that is shut down. The nearest railway station is located in Venlo, or Nieukerk and Kaldenkirchen. Within the urban area and in the adjacent municipalities take a number of bus routes and taxi buses, including cross-border in the Dutch Venlo, as well as funds and Kempen, where connection is made to the features of the RE 10.

Straelen by the federal highway 40 ( E 34 ) in Herongen and Wankum, the federal highway 61 in Kaldenkirchen and the federal highways 58 and 221 connected to the road network.

The nearest airports are Dusseldorf and the Niederrhein Airport Weeze.

Due to the location of the bike path runs along the North Channel Fietsallee.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • John Giesberts (1865-1938), German politician ( center ), member of the Reichstag and the German government ( Reich Minister of Posts )
  • Franz Stephan Griese (1889 -ca. 1953), a former Roman Catholic. Clergyman, professor of linguistics for English / French at the University of Buenos Aires
  • Matthias Hoogen (1904-1985), German politician ( center, CDU), Member of the German Bundestag, Armed Forces Commissioner of the Bundestag
  • Erwin van Aaken (1904-2008), better known by his numerous church buildings architect
  • Matthias Mertens (1906-1970), Roman Catholic priest, was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp
  • Elmar Tophoven (1923-1989), German literary translators
  • Gerhard Baaken (1927-2010), historian and Diploma sufferers
  • Stefan Frankewitz (1952-2013), historian and archivist
  • Paul Wan ( b. 1957 ), artist, painter
  • Britta Haßelmann (* 1961), politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Regina Peeters ( b. 1964 ), librarian
  • Veronika Fischer ( politician ) ( 1964-2012 ), Mayor of Mayen
  • Hans Rath ( born 1965 ), novelist and screenwriter
  • Bernadette Paaßen (* 1971), cinematographer

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Paul homes (1908-1978), artist
  • Otto Maria Krämer (born 1964 ), a church musician
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