Gummersbach

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Gummersbach

Gummersbach
Coat of arms of Gummersbach
Gummersbach is located in Germany
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Gummersbach
Coordinates 51°02′N 7°34′E / 51.03333°N 7.56667°E / 51.03333; 7.56667
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Oberbergischer Kreis
Mayor Frank Helmenstein (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 95.39 km2 (36.83 sq mi)
Elevation 200-519 m
Population 51,309 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 538 /km2 (1,393 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GM
Postal codes 51643, 51645, 51647
Area codes 02261, 02266 (Berghausen), 02354 (Lieberhausen), 02263 (Elbach)
Website www.gummersbach.de

Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street. Till the 1920s citizen of Gummersbach also used to call their town "small Paris".

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History

In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the very first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal Cathedral Tax for the church in Gummersbach by Eb. Friedrich. At that time the name of the town was spelled as Gummeresbracht. Gummersbach received charter in 1857. A survey about the most important historical events under: Marksteine Gummersbacher Geschichte

The coat of arms

The arms were granted on July 27, 1892.

Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large city during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry. The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287.

Communities, localities and villages

Map of Gummersbach

Apfelbaum - Becke - Berghausen - Bernberg - Birnbaum - Börnchen - Bracht - Bredenbruch - Brink - Bruch - Brunohl - Berghausen - Deitenbach - Derschlag - Dieringhausen - Drieberhausen - Dümmlinghausen - Elbach - Erbland - Erlenhagen - Flaberg - Frömmersbach - Grünenthal - Gummeroth - Hardt - Hardt-Hanfgarten - Helberg - Herreshagen - Hesselbach - Höfen -Hömel - Hülsenbusch - Hunstig - Kalkuhl - Karlskamp - Koverstein - Lantenbach - Lieberhausen - Liefenroth - Lobscheid - Lützinghausen - Luttersiefen - Mühle - Neuenhaus - Neuenschmiede - Niedergelpe - Niedernhagen - Niederseßmar - Nochen - Oberrengse - Ohmig -Peisel - Piene - Rebbelroth - Recklinghausen - Reininghausen - Remmelsohl - Rodt - Rospe - Schneppsiefen - Schönenberg - Schusterburg - Sonnenberg - Steinenbrück - Straße - Strombach - Unnenberg - Veste - Vollmerhausen - Waldesruh - Wasserfuhr - Windhagen - Wörde - Würden

Main sights

Center

  • The Old castle, built in 1700. It lies in the today's center in pedestrian precinct with Kaiserstrasse.

Lieberhausen

  • Colored church, a Protestant church with Middle Ages to lichen cover paintings.

Hülsenbusch

  • The Protestant church, rebuilt in the 18th century after a local fire, in Baroque style.

Education

  • Communal elementary schools in the towncentre and the districts Becke, Bernberg, Derschlag, Dieringhausen, Hülsenbusch, Niederseßmar, Steinenbrück and Windhagen
  • Jakob Moreno school, school for learning-disabled children
  • Town secondary school Gummersbach-Hepel, http://www.rs-hepel.de/
  • Town secondary school Gummersbach-Steinberg
  • Town high school - Grotenbach, http://www.gymnasium-grotenbach.de/
  • Town high school - Moltkestrasse, http://www.gym-moltke.de/
  • Occupational lecture Gummersbach
  • Business school Gummersbach
  • Advanced technical college of Cologne, campus Gummersbach, http://www.gm.fh-koeln.de/
  • Educational centrum upper mountain for technology and economy
  • Music school Gummersbach e. V.
  • Town comprehensive school , http://gesamtschulegm.de

Twin towns

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Gummersbach is twinned with:

  • La Roche-sur-Yon, France (since 1968)
  • Burg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (since November 1, 1990)
  • Afandou - Rhodes, Greece (since 16 October 2001)
  • Lebork, Poland (formerly Lauenburg), it amicable relations - no partnership exist. 1955 sold have the Oberbergische Kreis and the town Gummersbach a sponsorship for from Lauenburg coming assumed which meet every 2 years in Gummersbach.

Sport

The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s and is till this day after won titles the most recognized team in the world.

Notable people

  • Heiner Brand, former handball player, now handball coach of the national team
  • Jürgen Domian, Radio host
  • Harald Fischer, doctor killed in Palestine on November 15, 2000
  • Bruno Goller, painter
  • Wolfgang Karius, conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
  • Rolf Peffekoven, financial scientist
  • Hella von Sinnen, TV personality
  • Jan Sosniok, film actor
  • Fred Viebahn, writer (see http://www.people.virginia.edu/~fv5w/ )
  • Fritz Eschmann, former district administrator and member of the German parliament of SPD
  • Jürgen Habermas, philosopher

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 
Towns and municipalities in Oberbergischer Kreis
Bergneustadt | Engelskirchen | Gummersbach | Hückeswagen | Lindlar | Marienheide | Morsbach | Nümbrecht | Radevormwald  | Reichshof | Waldbröl | Wiehl | Wipperfürth 
Coat of Arms of Oberbergischer Kreis district
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