Rheydt

Church: die Sankt Marienkirche

Rheydt (German pronunciation: [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, 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 called Hauptbahnhof.

Schloss Rheydt, one of the best-preserved palaces of the Renaissance period, is located in Rheydt.

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

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

Note: ¹ - census

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 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 II Luftwaffe bomber pilot
1917, June 2, Heinz Sielmann, † October 6, 2006 in Munich, film maker
1918, May 6, Ruth Lommel, actress
1919, February 21, Hans Hahn (night fighter pilot), † October 11, 1941 in action near Grantham, England, World War II Luftwaffe flying ace
1925, A. Edward Nussbaum, † 31 October 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri, theoretical mathematician
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
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

External links

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Quotations related to Rheydt at Wikiquote
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rheydt". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Rheydt-Online - a city guide to Rheydt

Coordinates: 51°10′N 6°27′E / 51.167°N 6.450°E / 51.167; 6.450