Moers
Moers
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Location of the town of Moers within Wesel district
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| Coordinates | 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E / 51.45917°N 6.61972°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| District | Wesel |
| City subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Norbert Ballhaus (SPD) |
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| Area | 67.68 km2 (26.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | 105,506 (31 December 2010) |
| - Density | 1,559 /km2 (4,038 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WES |
| Postal codes | 47441 - 47447 |
| Area codes | 0 28 41 |
| Website | Willkomen in Moers (German) |
Moers (older form: Mörs; archaic Dutch: Murse, Murs or Meurs) is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. It is the biggest city in Germany (and at present time the only one with more than 100,000 inhabitants) that is neither an urban district, nor takes over district responsibilities.
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History
Known earliest from 1186, the Duchy of Moers was an independent principality within the Holy Roman Empire.
During the Eighty Years' War it was alternately captured by Spanish and Dutch troops, as it bordered the Upper Quarter of Guelders. After the war it fell to Maurice of Orange. As it was separated from the Dutch Republic by Spanish Upper Guelders it did not become an integral part of the Republic, though Dutch troops were stationed there.
After the death of William III of Orange in 1702 it was inherited by the king of Prussia. All Dutch troops and civil servants were expelled.
In 1795 it was annexed by France. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it was returned to Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire.
A target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, the Steinkohlenbergwerke (English: coal mine) Rheinpreussen synthetic oil plant in Moers [1] was partially dismantled post-war.[2]
Mayors
- 1815-1820: Wilhelm Urbach
- 1822-1830: von Nievenheim
- 1830-1850: Friedrich Adolf Vinmann
- 1850-1859: Karl von Strampff
- 1860-1864: Gottlieb Meumann
- 1864-1897: Gustav Kautz
- 1898-1910: August Craemer
- 1910-1915: Dr. Richard Glum
- 1917-1937: Dr. Fritz Eckert
- 1937-1941: Fritz Grüttgen
- 1943-1945: Peter Linden
- 1945-1946: Dr. Otto Maiweg
- 1946: Karl Peschken
- 1946-1952: Wilhelm Müller
- 1952-1977: Albin Neuse (SPD)
- 1977-1999: Wilhelm Brunswick (SPD)
- 1999-2004: Rafael Hofmann (CDU)
- 2004-: Norbert Ballhaus (SPD)
Sports
In 1985, the Moers´ Sports Club (volleyball) was formed, winning the 1989 Bundesliga championship.
Notable persons
- Christian Ehrhoff, Professional Ice Hockey Player
- Stephan Paßlack, former German international football player
- Fred Kimple, the American businessman and farmer who founded the New Yorker restaurant in Bowling Green, Virginia, and changed his name to Fred Gerber after moving to Canada and then moved back to the U.S.A.
International relations
Moers is twinned with: 1966 
Maisons-Alfort
1974 Bapaume
1980 
Knowsley (Merseyside)
1987 
Ramla
1989 
La Trinidad
1990 
Seelow (Brandenburg)
See also
- Moers Festival
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
- ^ See also the common Dutch surname of (van) Meurs. For Murs see http://www.library.tudelft.nl/Tresor/webpages/TRL_6_3_2_15.html
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