- Erkrath
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Erkrath
Wappen = Wappen Erkrath2.jpg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 13 |lat_sec = 26
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 54 |lon_sec = 53
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Düsseldorf
Kreis = Mettmann
Höhe = 60
Fläche = 26.89
Einwohner = 46591
Stand = 2007-12-31
PLZ = 40699
PLZ-alt = 4006
Vorwahl = 0211, 02104, 02129, 02103
Kfz = ME
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 58 004
Gliederung = 3
Straße = Bahnstrasse 16
Website = [http://www.erkrath.de/ www.erkrath.de]
Bürgermeister = Arno Werner
Partei = CDUErkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in
North Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany Geography
Erkrath is situated on the
Düssel river, directly east ofDüsseldorf and west ofWuppertal , close to the famousNeandertal .In that part of Neanderthal, which is located in Erkrath, in the summer of 1856, quarry workers discovered the fossilised remains of what became known as the
Neanderthal man or "Homo Neanderthalensis " in Feldhofcave .History
Erkrath is known since
1148 and received the city rights in1966 . In1975 , the municipality ofHochdahl was incorporated into Erkrath. As well its former borough Unterbach was incorporated intoDüsseldorf . Only a part of Unterbach calledUnterfeldhaus remained as now a borough of its own with Erkrath. Erkrath today has three local parts: Erkrath,Hochdahl andUnterfeldhaus .Twin towns
*
Cergy-Pontoise ,France
*West Lancashire ,England
*Leinefelde inThuringia (friendship)
*Port-de-Paix ,Haiti (sponsorship)Notable persons
*
Klaus Allofs former German footballer
*Thomas Allofs former German footballer
*Dieter Prochnow Actor (Brother of the famous German ActorJürgen Prochnow )
*Toni Turek former German footballer (World Champion 1954)External links
* [http://www.erkrath.de Official site] de icon
* [http://www.neanderthal.de Homepage of the Neanderthal Museum] de icon
* [http://www.lokschuppen-hochdahl.de Homepage of the Lokschuppen Museum] de icon
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