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Radevormwald () is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the oldest towns in the Bergischen Land, formerly the County and Duchy of Berg.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Radevormwald
German location.image_flag
Flagge Radevormwald.svg
German location.image_coa
DEU Radevormwald COA.svg
German location.image_photo
Radevormwald marktplatz.jpg
German location.image_caption
Marktplatz (market place)
German location.image_plan
Radevormwald in GM.svg
German location.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region
Köln
German location.district
Oberbergischer Kreis
German location.elevation
421
German location.area
53.86
German location.postal_code
42477
German location.area_code
02195 (Radevormwald)02191 (Villages in the Wupper valley)
German location.licence
GM
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 3 74 036
German location.website
www.radevormwald.de
German location.mayor
Dejan Vujinovic (CDU)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

33 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Neighbouring places
  • Division of the municipality
  • Wupper villages
  • History
  • The first documentary reference and municipal rights
  • 15th century
  • 16th century
  • 17th century
  • 18th century
  • 19th century
  • The 20th century up to the First World War
  • The 20th century from the First World War to 1945
  • The 20th century from 1945
  • Bismarck motorcycles
  • The Dahlerau train disaster
  • From 1975 - Radevormwald in the Oberbergischer district
  • Coat of arms
  • General description
  • Origin of the name
  • Character
  • Population
  • Culture
  • Places To Go
  • Churches
  • Monuments
  • Mills (including historic mills)
  • Calendar of events
  • Health services
  • Notable people
  • International relations
  • References
  • External links

Radevormwald () is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the oldest towns in the Bergischen Land, formerly the County and Duchy of Berg.

==Geography== Radevormwald is located about 50 km east of Cologne. At 421 metres above sea level, it was the highest-situated town in the administrative region of Düsseldorf; it is now in the administrative region of Cologne. thumb|Map of Radevormwald

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Radevormwald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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