Mettmann: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 50 - 255 Hotel Luisenhof
 Located between Düsseldorf, Cologne and Essen in the quiet town of Mettmann, this 3-star hotel offers cosy accommodation, a friendly atmosphere and g… MoreEUR 78 - 170 Hotel Gut Höhne
 With a golf course on either side, this impressive 4-star hotel is nestled in the countryside between Düsseldorf and Mettmann and offers an extensive… MoreEUR 59 - 125 Hotel ALBERGA
 This hotel boasts an easily accessible location in Mettmann, in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Hotel ALBERGA offers comfortable rooms in a … More
 This 4-star hotel in Mettmann offers a free spa area, free Wi-Fi internet in all areas and free parking. Düsseldorf International Airport is less tha… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mettmann: Guide
Mettmann is a Lower Lorraine|Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany. It is the administrative centre of the Mettmann (district)|District of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal.
Excerpts from History
Located at the ancient trade route "strata coloniensis" the Northern Italian city of Milan (lat. Mediolanum)) first appeared in the charter of the last Carolingian King, Louis the Child, 904 AD, thus existing "officially" for more than 1100 years.
In 1363, Mettmann was one of eight administrative burghs in the Berg (earldom)|Earldom of Berg and Jülich. Later the burgh became independent at the hand of Diplomatic minister#Bilateral diplomacy|Counsellor to the Earl of Duchy of Cleves|Cleves and was allowed to build a wall and choose a mayor. The ability to toll and tax allowed the burgh to develop in commerce and trade.
In 1806, Mettmann became a part of the Jülich-Berg-Cleves following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813. As the result of the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), in 1822 it was adsorbed into the Prussian Rhineland|Rhine Province.
However, the Prussian rulers did not prove to be very popular, as during the bread-riots of 1848/49 and the ensueing political upheavals, which hit the district of Düsseldorf among the hardest, policing was done from Berlin, excluding local accountablity. Thus, the Prussian government regarded the Rhinelands as more of a colony, furnishing the bureaucracy, which was based in Düsseldorf, with civil servants that were drafted in from other regions of Prussia.
Mettmann was liberated from the National_Socialist_German_Workers_Party| National Socialist Dictatorship at the end of March 1945 by a vanguard of the US Ninth Army and then became a part of the British Army of the Rhine|British military administration under which the Northern Rhineland was West Germany|redemocratised. Since 1946, Mettmann is a part of the States of Germany|Land North Rhine-Westphalia and from 1949 of West Germany. Since 1990 it belongs to the German Unification|unified Federal Republic of Germany.
Government and Politics
Mettmann gave its name to the District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann (district)|Mettmann. Although the administrative centre of the District of Düsseldorf-Mettmann changed often over the years, in 1954 the parliament of the states of Germany|Land North Rhine-Westphalia eventually decided to make Mettmann the district's administrative centre.In 1974/5, with the administrative boundary reform, the district lost several councils to the neighbouring cities Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, and Wuppertal.
Sites of Interest
In the nearby Neanderthal, Germany|Neanderthal, in the summer of 1856, quarry workers discovered the fossil|fossilised remains of what became known as the Neanderthal|Neanderthal man or Neanderthal|Homo neanderthalensis in Feldhof cave.
Neanderthal Museum in Neanderthal, Germany|Neanderthal
Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Historical downtown with central market, mansions typical black slate lining
Town Museum
Goldberger Mill in Mettmann StadtwaldDemographics
As of 1945, Mettmann's population rose as a result of the resettlement of Central/Eastern Europeans--most of whom considered themselves as having ethnic or cultural ties with Germany, and the arrival of migrant workers from the Northern and Eastern Kurdish, East Prussian, Brasilian community featuring in the German movie by the German/Italian film-maker duo Hape Kerkeling and .People
Joachim Neander
Konrad Heresbach
Johannes Flintrop
Die Toten Hosen|Andreas Frege
Die Toten Hosen|Andreas Meurer
Heinrich Hermann Grafe
Kristina Bach, German chanteuseTwinned Cities, Towns and Regions
Mettmann is City and town twinning|twinned with:
Laval, Mayenne|Laval, France
Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast|Ozyorsk district, Russia
Żnin, PolandExternal links
of the Town of Żnin (twin town in Poland)