Erkelenz
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Early spring at the Erkelenz Market. View of St. Lambert's Church, Erkelenz|St. Lambert's Church and the Old Town Hall. Erkelenz (, ) is a town in the Rhineland in western Germany that lies southwest of Mönchengladbach on the northern edge of the Cologne Lowland, halfway between the Lower Rhine region and the Lower Meuse. It is a medium-sized town (over 44,000) and the largest in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Erkelenz
- German location.image_photo
- Erkelenz altes rathaus.jpg
- German location.imagesize
- 250px
- German location.image_caption
- Old town hall in Erkelenz
- German location.image_flag
- Hissflagge Erkelenz.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Erkelenz COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Erkelenz in HS.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Cologne
- German location.district
- Heinsberg
- German location.elevation
- 92
- German location.area
- 117.34
- German location.postal_code
- 41812
- German location.area_code
- 02431
- German location.licence
- HS, ERK, GK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 3 70 004
- German location.divisions
- 9
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Article
27 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Landscape
- Climate
- Geology
- Borough
- Coat of arms
- History
- Pre- and early history
- Origin of the name
- Manorialism
- Town rights
- Territorial lordship
- Industrialisation
- World wars and inter-war years
- The post-war period
- Erkelenz today
- Chronological summary
- Population development
- Mayors since 1814
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Education
- Transport
- Buildings
- Museum
- Notable people
- References
- External links
thumb|upright|Early spring at the Erkelenz Market. View of St. Lambert's Church, Erkelenz|St. Lambert's Church and the Old Town Hall. Erkelenz (, ) is a town in the Rhineland in western Germany that lies southwest of Mönchengladbach on the northern edge of the Cologne Lowland, halfway between the Lower Rhine region and the Lower Meuse. It is a medium-sized town (over 44,000) and the largest in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Despite the town having more than 1,000 years of history and tradition, in 2006 the eastern part of the borough was cleared to make way for the Garzweiler II brown coal pit operated by RWE Power. This is planned to be in operation until 2045. Over five thousand people from ten villages have had to be resettled as a result. Since 2010, the inhabitants of the easternmost village of Pesch have left and most have moved to the new villages of Immerath and Borschemich in the areas of Kückhoven and Erkelenz-Nord.