Krefeld: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 72 - 120 Niederrheinischer Hof
 Boasting a beautiful garden and brewery-style restaurant, this 3-star hotel in Krefeld is just 5 minutes from the Königpalast arena while enjoying qu… MoreEUR 41 - 289 TRYP Hotel Düsseldorf-Krefeld
 This 3-star Superior hotel in Krefeld is beside a lake within the Europark Fichtenhain business park. It offers rooms with Wi-Fi via hotspot and great… MoreEUR 65 - 307 Mercure Parkhotel Krefelder Hof
 This 4-star Superior hotel is in a park, just 2 km from central Krefeld. It offers modern rooms, an English-style pub, and a wellness area with pool a… MoreEUR 62 - 349 Mercure Krefeld
 This quietly located, 4-star hotel is beside an 18-hole golf course, just north of Krefeld. It offers modern rooms, a restaurant, large spa with indoo… MoreEUR 45 - 235 Hotel Europa
 Situated just a short walk from shopping streets and the main railway station in Krefeld, the Hotel Europa offers easy access to Düsseldorf’s airpo… MoreEUR 55 - 190 Hotel-Restaurant Benger
 This family-run hotel is a historic building, situated east of Krefeld. It has a free car park, restaurant and beer garden. It offers good road and ra… MoreEUR 54 - 124 Garden Hotel Krefeld
 This hotel offers free Wi-Fi and free parking. It stands in Krefeld’s Bockum district, a short tram ride from Krefeld Train Station and a 15-minute … More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Krefeld: Guide
Krefeld is a city in A57 (Cologne - Nijmegen) and the Bundesautobahn 44|A44 (Aachen - Düsseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel)
The origins of the town were in Roman Empire|Roman times, when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep). Krefeld itself was first mentioned in 1105 under the name of Krinvelde. Uerdingen was originally an independent town east of Krefeld, founded in 1255. In medieval times it was larger and more important than Krefeld.
The growth of the town began in the 17th century, when Krefeld was one of few towns spared by the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. The town was quickly overpopulated. In 1683 a group of thirteen families (Mennonites) left Krefeld, crossed the Atlantic and founded the settlement of Germantown (now incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia).
The town of Uerdingen was less lucky; it was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War by troops from Hesse and almost ceased to exist. Krefeld got ahead of Uerdingen; both towns merged in 1928.
Districts
010 Krefeld-Stadtmitte|Stadtmitte
020 Kempener Feld/Baackeshof
030 Inrath/Kliedbruch
040 Cracau
050 Dießem/Lehmheide
060 Benrad-Süd
070 Forstwald
080 Benrad-Nord
090 Hülser Berg
100 Traar, pop: about 5,000, postal code: 47802
110 Verberg
120 Krefeld-Gartenstadt|Gartenstadt
130 Bockum, pop: about 28,000, elevation: 35 m, postal code: 47800 (old: 4150 Krefeld 1)
140 Krefeld-Linn|Linn
150 Gellep-Stratum
160 Oppum
170 Fischeln
180 Uerdingen, pop: about 25,000, elevation: 31 m, postal code: 47829
190 Krefeld-Hüls|Hüls
Incorporations
Here are the old cities and places that were incorporated into Krefeld:
1901: Krefeld-Linn|Linn (Stadtrecht since 1314)
1907: Bockum, Verberg und Oppum (all mayoralty Bockum)
1929:
Krefeld became an independent city
Uerdingen, Krefeld (district)|Krefeld (received municipal law in 1255/1344, added Hohenbudberg in today's Duisburg district Friemersheim)
Fischeln, Krefeld district
Traar, Krefeld district
Gellep and Stratum (in Lank), Krefeld district
Forstwald (Vorst), Krefeld district
Benrad und Hülserberg (Hüls), Kempen (district)|Kempem
1975: Locality of Hüls from Kempen (since 1970 integrated and belonged since 1929 to the Kempen-Krefeld district; in 1936 Orbroich had been independent)
Historical population of Krefeld
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¹ Census data
Mayors of Krefeld from 1848
1848 - 1872: Ludwig Heinrich Ondereyck
1872 - 1881: Friedrich Christian Roos
1882 - 1903: Ernst Küper
1903 - 1905: Dr. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt
1905 - 1911: Dr. Adalbert Oehler
1911 - 1930: Dr. Johannes Johansen
1945 - 1946: Dr. Johannes Stepkes
1946 - 1947: Dr. Wilhelm Warsch
1947 - 1949: Hermann Passen
1949 - 1951: Hanns Müller (Freie Demokratische Partei|FDP)
1951 - 1956: Johannes Hauser (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
1956 - 1961: Josef Hellenbrock (SPD)
1961 - 1968: Herbert van Hüllen (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
1968 - 1982: Hansheinz Hauser (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
1982 - 1989: Dieter Pützhofen , first term in office (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
1989 - 1994: Willi Wahl (SPD)
1994 - 2004: Dieter Pützhofen, second term in office (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
2004 - present: Gregor Kathstede (Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU)
City counsellors 1946 until 1999
1946 - 1949: Dr. Johan Stepkes
1949 - 1964: Dr. Bernhard Heun
1964 - 1986: Dr. Hermann Steffens
1986 - 1988: Dr. Alfred Dahlmann
1988 - 1999: Heinz-Josef Vogt
Transportation
Krefeld is connected to the Deutsche Bahn network with several stations, however they all carry local trains only. The Düsseldorf-based Rheinbahn operates a Stadtbahn service to the centrally located Rheinstraße stop. This line was the first electric inter-city rail line in Europe, established in 1898, and commonly called the K-Bahn because of the letter "K" used to denote the trains to Krefeld. Nowadays, in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr|VRR notation it is called U76, with the morning express trains numbered as U70, the line number there being of a red colour instead of the usual blue used for U-Bahn lines. The term 'K-Bahn', however, prevails in common usage.
The city of Krefeld itself operates four tram|tramway and several bus lines under the umbrella of SWK Mobil, a city-owned company. The tram network, however, has fallen into disrepair as the newest rolling stock has already passed 25 years of age and is not at all friendly towards handicapped passengers. The tramway's future is presently being discussed.
Twinnings
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Notable Natives
Heinrich Band (1821 - 1860)
Heinrich Campendonk (November 3, 1889 - May 9, 1957 in Amsterdam)
Werner Voss (April 13, 1897 - September 23, 1917), German WW1 aviator
Otto Brües (May 1, 1897 - April 18, 1967)
Max Zorn (June 6, 1906 - March 9, 1993 in Bloomington), German mathematician
Kurt Feltz (April 14, 1910 - August 1982|August 3, 1982 in Majorca)
Werner Ross (1912 in Uerdingen - 2002), German writer
Joseph Beuys (Mat 12, 1921 - 1986), German artist
Rudi Dornbusch (December 1, June 8, 1942 - July 25, 2002, German economist
Ralf Hütter (August 20, 1946), Lead Singer of Electronic Music Pioneers Kraftwerk
Albert Oehlen, German artist
Markus Oehlen, German artist
Blind Guardian, popular German heavy metal band
Martin Hyun, German and U.S. hockey player
External links
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http://www.strassenmodenschau.de/ - Straßenmodenschau
http://www.flachsmarkt.de/ - Krefeld-Linner Flachsmarkt
http://www.krefeld-pinguine.de/ - Krefeld Icehockeyteam
http://www.kfc-online.de/ - Krefeld Socerteam
http://www.theater-krefeld.de/ - Stadttheater Krefeld