Nettetal
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Location of Nettetal within Viersen district 
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| Coordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°ECoordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | |
| District | Viersen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Christian Wagner (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 83.64 km2 (32.29 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 41,964 | |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 41334 | |
| Dialling codes | 0 21 53, 0 21 57, 0 21 58 | |
| Vehicle registration | VIE | |
| Website | www.nettetal.de | |
Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Nettetal is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked-out gravel pits that now form twelve lakes. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 20 km north-west from Mönchengladbach and 10 km south-east from Venlo.
Division of the town
Nettetal consists of the following parts (2005 population in brackets):
- Lobberich (13,959)
- Kaldenkirchen (9,920)
- Breyell (8,210)
- Hinsbeck (5,254)
- Leuth (2,168)
- Schaag (3,749)
The main town of Nettetal is Lobberich, which owes its past wealth from the local German lace industries which developed greatly before the First World War, and the town has an impressive late Victorian Church. During the Second World War the older Church was pierced by an American high-explosive shell, the crater of which can still be seen in the wall.
Lakes
Nettetal features a high number of lakes
At the river Nette:
- Kleiner Breyeller See ca. 5.3 ha
- Großer Breyeller See ca. 9.2 ha
- Nettebruch ca. 13.2 ha
- Windmühlenbruch ca. 6 ha
- Ferkensbruch ca. 4.5 ha
- Kleiner de Wittsee ca. 4.5 ha
- Großer de Wittsee ca. 22.5 ha
- Schrolik ca. 15.5 ha
- Poelvennsee ca. 24.5 ha
At the river Renne:
- Hinsbecker Bruch ca. 37.5 ha
- Glabbacher Bruch ca. 36 ha
At the river Königsbach:
- Kälberweide ca. 5 ha
Sights
- The Castle Krickenbeck from the 11th century and its park are well known in the region.
- The Sequoiafarm Kaldenkirchen is an arboretum, it has more than 400 varieties of trees and interesting ground flora and is part of the "Protected area of Maas-Schwalm-Nette".
International relations
Nettetal is twinned with:
Notable people
- Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853–1916), German-Austrian astronomer
- Werner Jaeger (1888–1961), classicist
- Tuğrul Erat (*1992), Azerbaijani footballer
External links
References
- ↑ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen". Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (in German). 18 July 2016.
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