Nettetal | |
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Location of Nettetal within Viersen district  | |
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| Coordinates:51°19′N6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E /51.317; 6.283 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Viersen |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Subdivisions | 6 boroughs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–25) | Christian Küsters[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.87 km2 (32.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 43,425 |
| • Density | 517.8/km2 (1,341/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 41334 |
| Dialling codes | 02153, 02157, 02158 |
| Vehicle registration | VIE, KK |
| Website | www.nettetal.de |
Nettetal (German pronunciation:[ˈnɛtətaːl]ⓘ,lit. 'Nette Valley') is a town in thedistrict of Viersen,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany. It is situated in theLower Rhine region.
Nettetal was founded on January 1, 1970, when the former townshipsLeuth, Breyell, Hinsbeck and former towns/citiesLobberich andKaldenkirchen were merged. All five communities had developed around the riverNette.
Lobberich, Hinsbeck, and Leuth belonged historically to theUpper Quarter of Guelders and thus to theSouthern Netherlands. During theWar of the Spanish Succession, these places were occupied byPrussia, along with the other municipalities that went on to formPrussian Upper Guelders in 1713.
Kaldenkirchen, Breyell and Schaag, on the other hand, historically belonged to theDuchy of Jülich.
Nettetal originally contained five boroughs, until Schaag separated from Breyell in 1995, becoming the sixth borough.
At the time of its formation, it was considered too problematic to try and combine all five coats of arms into one, so a new coat of arm was introduced in 1971. It shows a water lily before a blue blackground, symbolizing the predominance of nature and the variety of lakes. Five water lily leaves represent the five founding boroughs of Nettetal.
The dialect originally spoken inHinsbeck (and in the entire municipality of Nettetal) lies on the dividing line betweenKleverlandish andSouth Low Franconian, which is almost identical to theLimburgish dialect spoken in nearby Netherlands.
Nettetal's six boroughs, with populations per its own census, as of December 2020:[3]
| Borough | Population | Area (km2) |
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| Lobberich | 14,067 | 17.64 |
| Kaldenkirchen | 10,025 | 15.24 |
| Breyell | 8,589 | 11.85 |
| Hinsbeck | 4,632 | 18.98 |
| Schaag | 3,741 | 6.95 |
| Leuth | 1,796 | 13.21 |
| Total Nettetal | 42,850 | 83.87 |
Nettetal is located in the middle of the cross-borderMaas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, alongthe border with theNetherlands (the northwest edges of Kaldenkirchen and Leuth touch the border), approximately 20 km (12 mi) north-west ofMönchengladbach, Germany, and 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east ofVenlo, Netherlands. The Jenische, large number of a local minority lives nearby in the area.
In addition to the riverNette,peat mining from the 16th to the 19th century has resulted in the formation of twelve lakes in the municipality.
TheNette, broad forest, heath areas and lakes (seenext section) make Nettetal a central resort in the Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park.
Nettetal features 12 lakes, with a combined area of 179 hectares (440 acres).
Fed by theNette:
Fed by the Nette's Renne tributary:
Fed by the Nette's Königsbach tributary:
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