Voerde

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Voerde
Wappen = Voerdewappen.gif
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 41 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Düsseldorf
Kreis = Wesel
Höhe = 26
Fläche = 53.49
Einwohner = 38358
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 46562
Vorwahl = 0 28 55 02 81 (Friedrichsfeld)
Kfz = WES
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 70 044
Straße = Rathausplatz 20
Website = [http://www.voerde.de/ www.voerde.de]
Bürgermeister = Leonhard Spitzer
Partei = CDU

Voerde is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.

City structure

According to art. 1(3) of the Main Charter of the town the municipal area is divided into the 11 quarters of Götterswickerhamm, Löhnen, Mehrum, Möllen, Voerde, Stockum, Holthausen, Friedrichsfeld, Emmelsum, Spellen and Ork. These quarters are, however, not localities in the sense of art. 39 of the North-Rhine Westphalian Municipal Code (GO NW).

History

Voerde owes its name to a ford crossing a branch of the River Rhine, which existed there during Roman and Frankish times (the old spelling for Furt was "Fuerdt"). In 1244 the town was mentioned in records for the first time as a fiefdom and castle of the abbey of Werden.

Buildings and constructions

* Pylons of Voerde

Twinned Cities

Voerde is twinned with Alnwick, Northumberland in England