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City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Remscheid (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɛmʃaɪt] ⓘ city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen , the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land , being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south side of the Ruhr area.
Remscheid had around 109,000 inhabitants in 2015. At the end of 2019 it had 113,703 inhabitants.
Geography [ edit ]
Remscheid comprises four boroughs, Alt-Remscheid , Remscheid-Süd , Lennep , and Lüttringhausen .
Its highest point is the Brodtberg (378 m).
History [ edit ]
Remscheid was founded in the 12th century, but remained a small village until the 19th century. Early spellings for the city included Remissgeid (1217), Rymscheyd (1351), Reymscheyd (1487) and Rembscheid (1639). The economic growth of the entire Rhine-Ruhr region led to an increase of the population of Remscheid. Mechanical engineering and toolmaking were the main industries practised within the town. This is carried on today with the Hazet tool company which has three factories in Remscheid. Remscheid was part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1822 to 1945.
On 31 July 1943, during the World War II , Remscheid was almost completely destroyed during a British bombing raid which caused a firestorm . This bombing raid was the final operation of RAF's Battle of the Ruhr involving 273 aircraft. During 14 and 15 April 1945, Remscheid was captured by the 78th Infantry Division (United States) .[3] [4]
An A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed in the city on 8 December 1988 . Six people died.
Demographics [ edit ]
As of 31 December 2019, the city's population was 113,703, of which 92,726 (81.6%) were German citizens and 20,977 (18.4%) were non-Germans (Ausländer ); of the non-German population, the top 10 nationalities represented were as follows:[5]
Politics [ edit ]
The current Mayor of Remscheid is Burkhard Mast-Weisz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Burkhard Mast-Weisz
Social Democratic Party
22,431
60.6
Heidemarie Alexa Bell
Christian Democratic Union
9,710
26.2
Peter Keck
Pro Remscheid
1,908
5.2
Fritz Beinersdorf
The Left
1,309
3.5
Roland Kirchner
W.i.R. Remscheid
877
2.4
Bettina Stamm
Real Remscheid
775
2.1
Valid votes
37,010
98.5
Invalid votes
548
1.5
Total
37,558
100.0
Electorate/voter turnout
85,783
43.8
Source: State Returning Officer
City council [ edit ]
Results of the 2020 city council election.
The Remscheid city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:
Party
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
12,718
34.5
20 1
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
11,036
29.9
17 3
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
5,409
14.7
9 5
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
1,945
5.3
3 1
Pro Remscheid (PRO)
1,870
5.1
3 1
The Left (Die Linke)
1,700
4.6
3 ±0
W.i.R. Remscheid (WIR)
1,092
3.0
2 ±0
Real Remscheid (Echt)
788
2.1
New
1 New
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
358
1.0
New
0
New
Valid votes
36,916
98.4
Invalid votes
592
1.6
Total
37,508
100.0
58 6
Electorate/voter turnout
85,783
43.7
Source: State Returning Officer
Main sights [ edit ]
The Müngstener Brücke Solingen . It is 107 m above the ground, making it the highest railway bridge in Germany. It was constructed in 1897 and originally named the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke after Wilhelm I (whose 100th birthday would have been in 1897).
The Eschbachtalsperre
The old city of the borough Lennep consists of 116 houses from 1756.
Twin towns – sister cities [ edit ]
Remscheid is twinned with:[6]
Kırşehir , Turkey
Newbiggin by the Sea , England, United Kingdom
Pirna , Germany
Prešov , Slovakia
Quimper , France
Remscheid also cooperates with Mrągowo County , Poland and Schmalkalden , Germany.[6]
Notable people [ edit ]
Gottfried Duden (1789–1856), writer
Oscar Schlitter (1838–1939), banker
Johannes Fastenrath (1839–1908), lawyer, writer and translator
August Gissler (1857–1935), adventurer and treasure hunter
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), discoverer of x-rays
Otto Jungtow (1892–1959), footballer
Otto Kuhler (1894–1977), American designer of locomotives
Hans Stammreich (1902–1969), German-Brasilian chemist
Teo Otto (1904–1968), stage designer
Wolfgang von der Nahmer (1906–1988), conductor
Gustav Adolf Theill (1924–1997), composer and musicologist
Karl Michael Vogler (1928–2009), actor
Wolfgang Seiler (born 1940), biogeochemist and climatologist
Peter Brötzmann (1941–2023), free jazz saxophonist
Christel Frese (born 1944), athlete
Michael Bacht (born 1947), artist
Frank Plasberg (born 1957), journalist
Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968), photographer
Georg Wurth (born 1972), lobbyist and activist
Christiane Soeder (born 1975), German-Austrian cyclist
Robert A. Küfner (born 1988), entrepreneur, raised here
The Rotation (born 1996), professional wrestler
Gallery [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "US Army SS 01 Chronology 1941–1945: 1945" .
^ "Lightning, the History of the 78th Infantry Division" . Washington, Infantry journal press. 1947.
^ "Informationen der Statistikstelle: Remscheider Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner am 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF) . Stadt Remscheid. pp. 6, 12. Retrieved 9 May 2020 .Bevölkerung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung ".
^ a b "Städtepartnerschaften" (in German). Remscheid. Retrieved 25 January 2024 .
Flohr, Gustav (2020). Noch ein Partisan (in German). Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachf. Bonn. pp. 161–191, 482–483. ISBN 978-3-8012-0546-1
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