Hückeswagen

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Hückeswagen
Wappen = Wappen-hue.jpg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 8 |lat_sec = 42
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 20 |lon_sec = 30
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Oberbergischer Kreis
Höhe = 308
Fläche = 50.46
Einwohner = 16328
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 42499
PLZ-alt = 5609
Vorwahl = 02192
Kfz = GM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 74 016
Straße = Auf´m Schloß 1
Website = [http://www.hueckeswagen.de/ www.hueckeswagen.de]
Bürgermeister = Uwe Ufer
Partei =

Hückeswagen is a town in the north of Oberbergischen Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the governmental district of Cologne,

Geography

Hückeswagen is situated on the river Wupper. Two dams, Bevertal dam and Wuppertal dam, are near the city. Hückeswagen's location in the narrow valley and well as the castle mountain are notable. It is located approx. 40 km away from Cologne. Nearby towns are Radevormwald, Wipperfürth, Wermelskirchen and Remscheid.

The coat of arms of Hückeswagen

The arms were granted on August 9, 1892.The arms show in the upper part the lion from the arms of the Counts of Berg, who bought the area in 1260 from the Counts of Hückeswagen. The lower part is a symbol for the textile industry, which has been important to the town since the late Middle Ages. The combination of lion and spindle appears first in a seal from 1555.

History

Hückeswagen was an ancestral seat of the counts of Hückeswagen and in 1085 became for the first time a Franconian Salhof, or saddle court, in form of a "confirmation of a donation of the genotypes of the Essen abbess Svanhild among other things by emperors Heinrich IV. (HRR)" mentions documentary. (Documentary first namings oberbergische places v. Klaus Pampus).

Between 1220 and 1240 the counts of Hückeswagen moved to Bohemia and built the "Hukvaldy" and "Altischein" castles.

Between 1490 and 1508 the "Nikolaus church" was built. Later the "Paulus church" was established after a fire.

Town privileges were given to Hückeswagen on 4 April 1859 according to Rhenish town order. From 1861 to 1920 Hückeswagen consisted of the municipality and Neuhückeswagen, a juridicallyrural community. On 1 March 1920 the juridically independent municipalities were combined. On 18 October 1875 the still young city was connected to the railroad network. During the period of industrialisation Hückeswagen had a significant textile industry. Cloth available in Hückeswagen today testifies to the great prosperity of the industrial families. The importance of the town as the center of the local area has been reduced in last few decades as the neighbouring town Wipperfürth received some municipal and public facilities to establish itself as an important center. Because of municipal reform, in 1975 the town lost the share of Bergisch Born in Remscheid.

On July 12, 1969 Joachim Kroll murdered Maria Hettgen, 61, near here.

Population

On 31 August 2004 Hückeswagen had 16,541 inhabitants; 1,209 residents are of foreign origin. The number of females (8,561) exceeds the male inhabitants (7,983).

Origin of the name

The name derives from the earlier form "Hukensuuage" or "Huckengeswage", signifying the settlement of a man named Hugobert or Hugibald. Local history researcher Wilhlem Blankertz presents a different theory in his publications, that the oldest local name was "Hukengesuuage", meaning "settlement of the Hunginger family near the water". The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1085 in a deed document issued by the abbess Swanhildis of Essen to a nobleman. Around 1298 the form "Huckenshove" came into use.

Places of interest

* The historic city center
* Castle Hückeswagen and the local history museum
* Catholic parish church - Saint Mariä Himmelfahrt
* Paulus church - Protestant
* Johannis church - Protestant
* Swan pond in the town park
* The Bever dam and the Wuppertal dam offer recreational opportunities with their vast traveling and water sport possibilities.
* Hückeswagner mills

Local Area

	North: Radevormwald
West: Wermelskirchen	Hückeswagen	East: Wipperfürth - Radevormwald
	South: Wipperfürth

Economy

Institutions and unions

The interests of the companies will represent from the retail trade organization and from the voluntary initiative town marketing Hückeswagen. In beyond it, Hückeswagen takes part in the so-called "Move project" of the country of North Rhine-Westphalia which has a management friendly to middle class to the destination.

Firms

The biggest employer of the town is "Klingelnberg", one in mechanical engineering active company.

Trade surfaces

The city of Hückeswagen has approximately 600,000 square metres of industrial space. Of it the biggest coherent trades and industrial zones are in the city center area between the B 237 and the Wupper, in Kobeshofen, in Winterhagen/ Industriestreet and in the area in the Schlossfabrik /Kleineichen.A new industrial area with about 400,000 square metres commercial area is opened nowadays in cooperation with the town of Remscheid in the area between winter hedges and scabbard way on the western local border with immediate binding to the B 237.

Traffic

ÖPNV

The section of Remscheid by Hückeswagen after Gummersbach was out of order ,the railway station was torn off and the railroad was partially used. Today merely bus connections exist to Remscheid, Gummersbach, Radevormwald and Wermelskirchen. The town belongs to the transport group Rhine-Sieg.

Motor traffic

The federal highway 237 and the federal highway 483 lead by Hückeswagen. For the improvement of the transport guidance the construction of town street whose financing is not cleared, however, yet is planned. Later one more by-pass road should provide for further discharge.

Location leading system

2004 Hückeswagen received such a named location leading system. Consisting of a terminal in the entrance to the town, it makes easier in such a way foreign to orient itself in the town. Above all, foreign truck drivers and company customers who want to start one of the industrial areas must not wander only by the town.

Personalities

* Willi Daume, former president NOK
* Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl, Olympic Games winner in the broad jump
* Johann Heinrich Jung, (in 1740-1817)
* Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio, named Montanus (in 1806-1876)
* Maria Zanders - born Johanny, (in 1839-1904)
* Peter Biesenbach, German politician, member Landtags

Twin towns

* Étaples sur Mer (France), since 29. Juli 1972.

External links

* [http://www.hueckeswagen.de/ Official site] de icon
* [http://www.hueckeswagen-info.de/ General information about the town] de icon
* [http://www.meine-stadt.de/hueckeswagen MyTown Hückeswagen] de icon
* [http://www.stadtmarketing-hueckeswagen.de/ Town marketing] de icon