- Herzogenrath
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Herzogenrath
Wappen = Wappen_herzogenrath.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 52
lon_deg = 6 |lon_min = 06
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Aachen
Höhe = 140
Fläche = 33.401
Einwohner = 47199
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 52134
Vorwahl = 02406 und 02407
Kfz = AC
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 54 016
Gliederung = 3
Straße = Rathausplatz 1
Website = [http://www.herzogenrath.de/ www.herzogenrath.de]
Bürgermeister = Christoph von den Driesch
Partei = CDUHerzogenrath is a municipality in the district of Aachen in the German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia . It borders to the Dutch town ofKerkrade , the national border in one section running along the middle of a main road.History
Herzogenrath began as a settlement, called "Rode", near the river
Wurm in the 11th century. In 1104 Augustinian monks founded an abbey, called "Kloosterrade", to the west of this settlement.It became " 's-Hertogenrode" or 's-Hertogenrade (Dutch: "the Duke's Rode") after the
duchy of Brabant took control over the region; in French it was calledRolduc "(Rode-le-Duc)".As is the case for many parts of
Limburg , Herzogenrath changed hands several times in the last few centuries. Together with the (other)Southern Netherlands it was under Spanish control from 1661, Austrian between 1713 and 1795 and French between 1795 and 1813. In1815 , when thekingdom of the Netherlands was formed (seeVienna Congress ), the border was drawn through the town, the eastern part being Prussian Herzogenrath, the western part being Dutch Kerkrade. The former abbey is now the "Rolduc Congress Center" in Kerkrade.Economy
Until the 1950s, Herzogenrath's economy was dominated by
coal mines and a nearby coking plant. While some remains of the mining industry are still forming parts of the landscape (overgrownslag heap s), today's Herzogenrath has moved into other industries. Large scale employers includeSaint-Gobain Vetrotex (textile glass) andEricsson Eurolab (electronics). The city hosts a number of electronics start-ups, profiting from the neighbouring Technical UniversityRWTH Aachen .External links
* [http://www.herzogenrath.de Official site] de icon
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