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Nettetal Coordinates 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.31667°N 6.28333°ECoordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.31667°N 6.28333°E Administration Country Germany State North Rhine-Westphalia Admin. region Düsseldorf District Viersen Town subdivisions 6 Mayor Christian Wagner (CDU) Basic statistics Area 83.64 km2 (32.29 sq mi) Elevation 40 m (131 ft) Population 41,736 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 499 /km2 (1,292 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate VIE Postal code 41334 Area codes 0 21 53, 0 21 57, 0 21 58 Website www.nettetal.de Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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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 five 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 exponentially 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.
International relations
Nettetal is twinned with:
External links
References
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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