Borough of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Church: die Sankt Marienkirche Rheydt (German: [ˈʁaɪt] German cityMönchengladbach , located in the west ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split fromMönchengladbach arranged byJoseph Goebbels , who was born there) through 1975 it was an independent city.After merging with Mönchengladbach, the central station (Rheydt Hauptbahnhof ) kept its original name, making Mönchengladbach the only city in Germany to have two stations calledHauptbahnhof .
Schloss Rheydt , one of the best-preserved palaces of the Renaissance period, is located in Rheydt.
1808–1823: Dietrich Lenßen 1823–1857: Johann David Büschgens 1857–1877: Carl Theodorf von Velsen 1877–1893: Emil Pahlke 1893–1901: Dr. Wilhelm Strauß 1901–1905: Dr. Karl August Tettenborn 1906–1920: Paul Lehwald 1920–1929: Dr. Oskar Graemer 1929–1930: Franz Gielen 1930–1933: Dr. Johannes Handschumacher 1933: Wilhelm Pelzer 1934–1936: Edwin Renatus Robert August Hasenjaeger 1936–1940:Heinz Gebauer 1940–1945: Dr. Alexander Doemens 1945: August Brocher 1945–1948: Dr. Carl Marcus 1948–1950: Heinrich Pesch 1950–1956: Johannes Scheulen 1956–1961: Wilhelm Schiffer 1961–1963: Dr. Friedrich Hinnah 1963–1964: Fritz Rahmen 1964–1969: Wilhelm Schiffer 1969–1974: Fritz Rahmen Demographic development [ edit ] Year Population 1532 650 1794 2.776 1804 2.743 1830 2.200 3. December 1849 ¹ 8.189 3. December 1861 ¹ 10.200 3. December 1864 ¹ 11.400 3. December 1867 ¹ 12.200 1. December 1871 ¹ 13.766 1. December 1875 ¹ 15.835 1. December 1880 ¹ 19.100
Year Population 1. December 1885 ¹ 22.658 1. December 1890 ¹ 26.830 2. December 1895 ¹ 30.102 1. December 1900 ¹ 34.036 1. December 1905 ¹ 40.149 1. December 1910 ¹ 43.999 1. December 1916 ¹ 38.468 5. December 1917 ¹ 37.657 8. October 1919 ¹ 42.821 16. June 1925 ¹ 45.095 16. June 1933 ¹ 77.261
Year Population 17. May 1939 ¹ 77.339 31. December 1945 65.755 29. October 1946 ¹ 68.921 13. September 1950 ¹ 78.302 25. September 1956 ¹ 89.029 6. June 1961 ¹ 94.004 31. December 1965 98.862 27. May 1970 ¹ 100.077 31. December 1974 99.963
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1815, May 15,Friedrich Beckenbach , renamed Brookland + Jan 28 1892 in Rheydt, textile entrepreneur in Prussia, Holland and Yorkshire England, son of Johann Heinrich Beckenbach of Lenssen & Beckenbach, Rheydt 1859, February 3,Hugo Junkers , † February 3, 1935 inGauting , engineer 1863, May 30,Klara Hechtenberg Collitz , † November 22, 1944 inBaltimore , German philologist 1876, September 4,Ernst Jakob Christoffel , † April 23, 1955 in Isfahan, founder of the Christoffel-Blindenmission 1894, August 29,Werner Gilles , † June 22, 1961 in Essen, artist 1894, February 24, Josef Arndgen, † September 20, 1966 in Wiesbaden, German politician (CDU ) 1897, October 29,Joseph Goebbels , † May 1, 1945 in Berlin, Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi regime 1898, July 24, Peter Erkens, † October 22, 1972 in Mönchengladbach, politician 1910,Emil Vorster , † 1976, race driver 1913, December 18,Wilhelm Schmitter , † November 8, 1943 in action over London, World War IILuftwaffe bomber pilot 1917, June 2,Heinz Sielmann , † October 6, 2006 in Munich, film maker 1918, May 6,Ruth Lommel ,† 22 June 2012, actress 1919, June 3,Herbert Huppertz † June 8, 1944 Caen, Killed in Airbattle with American fighters. German Ace on FW 190 with 78 kills 1925,A. Edward Nussbaum , † 31 October 2009 inSt. Louis, Missouri , theoretical mathematician 1928, April 1,Hermin Esser , tenor, † 2009 in Wiesbaden, 1930, May 16,Karl Heinz Beckurts , † July 9, 1986 in Straßlach, Munich, physicist, killed byRed Army Faction 1932, August 25,Alexander Arnz , † September 30, 2004 in Cologne, director 1936, August 9,Uwe Erichsen , author 1949, November 24,Christa Muth , systems scientist 1967, May 18,Heinz-Harald Frentzen , race driver 1973, February 24,Sonja Oberem , marathon runner 1977, May 10,Nick Heidfeld , race driver Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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