Remscheid Remscheid RijnGouweLijn Category="Cities in Germany"Category="Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia"

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Federal state	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Düsseldorf
District	none
Population	116,301 2005=Show0
Area	74.6 km²
Population density	1,559/km²
Elevation	365 m
Coordinates	51=Show3
Postal code	42801-42899
Area code	02191
Licence plate code	RS
Mayor	Beate Wilding (SPD)
Website

Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr Area. Population: 117,717 (2003).

Remscheid is twinned with Quimper in France, Wansbeck in England, Prešov in Slovakia, and Pirna in Saxony.

History

Remscheid was founded in the 12th century, but it was a tiny village until the 19th century. Early spellings for the city included remissgeid (1217), Rymscheyd (1351), Reymscheyd (1487) und 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 industrial branches of the town.

On July 31, 1943, during the second World War, Remscheid was almost completely destroyed during an air raid. This allowed for modern reconstruction of the city.

Today, Remscheid is comprised of four boroughs, Alt-Remscheid, Remscheid-Süd, Lennep, and Lüttringhausen.

Architecture

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The Müngstener Brücke is a railroad bridge crossing a valley and connecting Remscheid with the neighbour town of Solingen. It is 107 m above the ground, hence the highest railroad bridge of 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 first Dam built in Germany for drinking water supply is located here. It was built in 1891.

Notable Citizens of Remscheid

Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of the x-rays, was born 1845 in Lennep, which is today a borough of Remscheid. There is a museum in Remscheid (Deutsches Röntgen-Museum) commemorating Röntgen's life and discoveries.

Teo Otto, a stage designer, was born in Remscheid in 1904.

Peter Brötzmann, a Free jazz saxophonist, was born in Remscheid in 1941.

Wolfgang Tillmans, a photographer, was born in Remscheid in 1968.

External links

[image] Deutsches Röntgen-Museum

[image]	Cities and Districts in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)	[image]
Cities	Aachen \| Bergisch Gladbach \| Bielefeld \| Bochum \| Bonn \| Bottrop \| Dortmund \| Duisburg \| Düsseldorf \| Essen \| Gelsenkirchen \| Hagen \| Hamm \| Herne \| Köln (Cologne) \| Iserlohn \| Krefeld \| Leverkusen \| Mönchengladbach \| Mülheim \| Münster \| Oberhausen \| Remscheid \| Solingen \| Wuppertal
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