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Rheydt (IPA: [ˈʁaɪt]) is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split from Mönchengladbach arranged by Joseph Goebbels) 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 called Hauptbahnhof.
Schloss Rheydt, one of the best-preserved palaces of the Renaissance period, is located in Rheydt.
[edit] Mayors 1808–1974
- 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
[edit] Demographic Development
| 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 |
|
1 census
[edit] Notable residents
- 1859 February 3, Hugo Junkers, † February 3, 1935 in Gauting, engineer
- 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 National Socialist regime
- 1898 July 24, Peter Erkens, † October 22, 1972 in Mönchengladbach, politician
- 1910, Emil Vorster, † 1976, race driver
- 1917 June 2, Heinz Sielmann, † October 6, 2006 in Munich, film maker
- 1918 May 6, Ruth Lommel, actress
- 1930 May 16, Karl Heinz Beckurts, † July 9, 1986 in Straßlach, Munich, physicist, killed by Red Army Fraction
- 1932 August 25, Alexander Arnz, † September 30, 2004 in Cologne, director
- 1936 August 9, Uwe Erichsen, author
- 1967 May 18, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, race driver
- 1973 February 24, Sonja Oberem, marathon runner
- 1977 May 10, Nick Heidfeld, race driver
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Coordinates: 51°10′N, 6°27′E
