Gummersbach

Gummersbach

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappengummersbach.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 02
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 34
Lageplan = Karte-Gummersbach.pngLageplanbeschreibung = Citymap
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Cologne
Kreis = Oberbergischer Kreis
Höhe = 200-519
Fläche = 95.39
Einwohner = 53878
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 51643, 51645, 51647
Vorwahl = 02261,
02266 (Berghausen),
02354 (Lieberhausen)
Kfz = GM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 74 012
Adresse = Rathausplatz 1
51643 Gummersbach
Website = [http://www.gummersbach.de/ www.gummersbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Frank Helmenstein
Partei = CDU

Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street. Till the 1920s citizen of Gummersbach also used to call their town "small Paris".

History

In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the very first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal Cathedral Tax for the church in Gummersbach by Eb. Friedrich. At that time the name of the town was spelled as Gummeresbracht. Gummersbach received charter in 1857.A survey about the most important historical events under: [http://www.gummersbach.de/unserestadt/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=9 Marksteine Gummersbacher Geschichte]

The coat of arms

The arms were granted on July 27, 1892.

Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large city during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry. The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287.

Communities, Localities and Villages

Apfelbaum - Becke - Berghausen - Bernberg - Birnbaum - Börnchen - Bracht - Bredenbruch - Brink - Bruch - Brunohl - Bünghausen - Deitenbach - Derschlag - Dieringhausen - Drieberhausen - Dümmlinghausen - Elbach - Erbland - Erlenhagen - Flaberg - Frömmersbach - Grünenthal - Gummeroth - Hardt - Hardt-Hanfgarten - Helberg - Herreshagen - Hesselbach - Höfen -Hömel - Hülsenbusch - Hunstig - Kalkuhl - Karlskamp - Koverstein - Lantenbach - Lieberhausen - Liefenroth - Lobscheid - Lützinghausen - Luttersiefen - Mühle - Neuenhaus - Neuenschmiede - Niedergelpe - Niedernhagen - Niederseßmar - Nochen - Oberrengse - Ohmig -Peisel - Piene - Rebbelroth - Recklinghausen - Reininghausen - Remmelsohl - Rodt - Rospe - Schneppsiefen - Schönenberg - Schusterburg - Sonnenberg - Steinenbrück - Straße - Strombach - Unnenberg - Veste - Vollmerhausen - Waldesruh - Wasserfuhr - Windhagen - Wörde - Würden

North: Marienheide
West: Engelskirchen GummersbachEast: Bergneustadt
South: Wiehl

Places of interest

Center

* The Old castle, in 1700 from at that time senior civil servant "Pollmann" built the house residential building which lies in the today's center in pedestrian precinct with Kaiserstrasse.

Lieberhausen

* Colored church, a Protestant church with Middle Ages to lichen cover paintings.
* In a restaurant compared with the church one can eat Lieberhausen pancake.

Hülsenbusch

* The " Protestant church " was rebuilt in the 18th century after a local fire and was equipped baroque.

Population growth


Schools in Gummersbach

* Communal elementary schools in the towncentre and the districts Becke, Bernberg, Derschlag, Dieringhausen, Hülsenbusch, Niederseßmar, Steinenbrück and Windhagen
* Jakob Moreno school, school for learning-disabled children
* Town secondary school Gummersbach-Hepel, http://www.rs-hepel.de/
* Town secondary school Gummersbach-Steinberg
* Town high school - Grotenbach, http://www.gymnasium-grotenbach.de/
* Town high school - Moltkestrasse, http://www.gym-moltke.de/
* Occupational lecture Gummersbach
* Business school Gummersbach
* Advanced technical college of Cologne, campus Gummersbach, http://www.gm.fh-koeln.de/
* Educational centrum upper mountain for technology and economy
* Music school Gummersbach e. V.

Twin towns

* La Roche-sur-Yon, France (since 1968)
* Burg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (since November 1, 1990)
* Afandou - Rhodes, Greece (since 16 October 2001)
* Lebork, Poland (formerly Lauenburg), it amicable relations - no partnership exist. 1955 sold have the Oberbergische Kreis and the town Gummersbach a sponsorship for from Lauenburg coming assumed which meet all 2 years in Gummersbach.

Sport

The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s and is till this day after won titles the most recognized team in the world.

Famous people

* Heiner Brand, former handball player, now handball coach of the national team
* Jürgen Domian, German Radio host
* Bruno Goller, German painter
* Prof. Dr. Rolf Peffekoven, financial scientist
* Hella von Sinnen, German TV
* Jan Sosniok, German Film actor
* Fred Viebahn, German writer (see http://www.people.virginia.edu/~fv5w/ )
* Fritz Eschmann , former District Administrator and member of the German parliament of SPD
* Dr. Ottmar Kohler, the doctor of Stalingrad

Lived some time in Gummersbach

* Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Goldenbogen
* Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas, probably Germanys best-known living philosopher


External links

* [http://www.gummersbach.de www.gummersbach.de] - official website of the town Gummersbach (in german and english)

*In German:
** [http://www.campusgummersbach.de www.campusgummersbach.de] - official website of the city development project Steinmüller terrain
**http://www.wdr.de/tv/daheimundunterwegs/unterwegs/nrw/20030602.phtml
** [http://homepages.compuserve.de/Czoelner/Stadt_Gummersbach/stadt_gummersbach.html City of Gummersbach: Coat of Arms and Notes of the History of Gummersbach]
** [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Kamerbeek Ingrid Kamerbeek, born in Gummersbach on March 14, 1952, worldwide acting artist, founder of Webism]
** [http://www.staedte-verlag.de/stadtplaene/stadt-stadtseite.php4?plz=51643 City map]
*Map and aerial photos
** [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=51.033&longitude=7.5667&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest]


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