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Krefeld

German location
NameKrefeld
Administration
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
Districturban district
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B�rgermeisterGregor Kathstede
PartyCDU
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Basic statistics
Area (km2)137.68
Elevation (m)39
Population235860
Other information
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plateKR
Postal code47701-47839
Area code02151

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Krefeld (-deˈkʁeːfɛlt), also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine. Krefeld is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne - Nijmegen) and the A44 (Aachen - Düsseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel)

Krefeld is also called the "Velvet and Silk City".

Since 1962, the city hosted an "honors program in foreign language (German) studies" for high school students from Indiana/USA. The program annually places approximately thirty carefully selected high school juniors with families in and around Krefeld for intensive German language training. Indiana high school juniors may apply to be accepted into the program (administered by Indiana University) which is called the "honors" program as the chosen students promise "on their honor" to speak only German (not a word of English) till the end of the program.

Krefeld's residents speak Hochdeutsch, the standard German taught to all people in Germany. However, the native dialect is a Low German variety, sometimes locally called Krefelder Plattdeutsch, Krieewelsch Platt, Plattdeutsch,, or sometimes simply Platt. The Uerdingen line isogloss, separating general dialectical areas in Germany and neighbouring Germanic-speaking countries, runs through and is named after Krefeld's Uerdingen district, originally an independent municipality. And also, Class 380 are built here.

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2004 Schlägerei Rheinstr. Türken vs. Deutsche, Deutsche Sieger!
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Affe aus dem Zoo in Krefeld, bewirft Besucher mit Scheisse
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Am 30. Mai 2008 um 5:45 setzte ein Hagelschauer mit Hagelkoernen groesser als Taubeneier ein.
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Andy Scott's The Sweet - "Set Me Free" (live in Krefeld, Germany 08.05.2007)
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The Mighty Pow Pow Movement demonstrates how to play the Shabba Ranks "Dukku Dukku Remix" at the SoulForce Night in Krefeld.
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Neubauten für die Berufsfeuerwehr und Freiwilligen Feuerwehren der Stadt Krefeld. Bericht aus der Lokalzeit am 11.10.2008 im WDR
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Krefeld Dj Tolga
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Geen on-ride geen off-ride, maar een "by-ride" vanuit de operatorroom bij Christina Schneider. Gefilmd op de Sprödentalkirmes in Krefeld (D) www.marcoplum.nl
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Andy Scott's The Sweet - "The Six Teens", "Teenage Rampage", "Love Is Like Oxygene" (live in Krefeld, Germany 08.05.2007)
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Einsätze der Freiwilligen Feuerwehren Krefeld Fischeln und Hüls.
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Plastics & Rubber Weekly--By Plastics News Report Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest €90m to expand polycarbonate production at its -Krefeld--Uerdingen site in Germany. The company said the plant's current 330000 tpa output will be increased - Date : Thu, 19 May 2011 09:52:21 GMT+00:00
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Metalbulletin.com (subscription)--Steve Wasil, director of national sales at ThyssenKrupp Stainless North America in Bannockburn, Ill., said that ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH in -Krefeld-, Germany, will supply both bands and slabs to ThyssenKrupp USA LLC in - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:47:43 GMT+00:00
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Racing Post---Krefeld-: Grosser Preis der -Krefelder- Wirtschaft - Dr. Busch Memorial (Group 3) 1m½f, turf, 3yo LINDENTHALER (Adrie de Vries), the less fancied of the two Peter Schiergen runners in this major Classic trial, scored easily by two and a hal - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:47:16 GMT+00:00
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Monsters and Critics.com--'Antibiotics are prescribed often and quickly,' agreed Tim Niehues, director of the Centre for Child and Adolescent Medicine at the -Krefeld- Helios Clinic in Germany. 'In many cases these drugs are not required at - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:13:40 GMT+00:00
Big guns target German Guineas trial at Krefeld - Racing Post Tweet this news
Racing Post--SUNDAY's Dr. Busch Memorial at -Krefeld- is aleading trial for the Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen (German 2000 Guineas), due to be run at Cologne on May 22. Roughly equivalent to the Craven Stakes, this race is invariably ... - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:37:48 GMT+00:00
German customer purchases first Ricoh digital system from Heidelberg - What They Think Tweet this news
What They Think--Stefan Willms, Technical Manager at Stünings Medien GmbH in -Krefeld-, adds: "We were very interested when Heidelberg announced it was moving into digital printing and postponed our purchasing decision until a solution was avail - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:19:35 GMT+00:00
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Santa Ynez Valley News--She also studied mosaics at the Academy of Fine Art in Ravenna, Italy; glass work at the -Krefeld- School of Art and Architecture in Germany; and mural development at the School of Painting/ Sculpture in Mexico. She has a Bachlor o - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:03:47 GMT+00:00
Police foil Dortmund bomb plot - World Soccer Tweet this news
World Soccer--Three more bombs were subsequently found at the man's home in -Krefeld- to the west of Dortmund. He was arrested in Cologne on Tuesday. “We can confirm there are investigations in North Rhine-Westphalia in connection with suspected ex - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:14:25 GMT+00:00
Heidelberg and Ricoh make partnership official - PrintWeek Tweet this news
PrintWeek--Heidelberg has also gone public with the identity of the first customer for its digital solution, Stünings Medien in -Krefeld-, Germany. Ricoh president and chief executive Shiro Kondo was originally slated to speak at the briefing but changed - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:24:25 GMT+00:00


Year Population
1604 350
1722 1,499
1787 7,896
1830 18,511
1871 57,105
1875 ¹ 62,905
1880 73,872
1 December 1890 ¹ 105,376
2 December 1895 ¹ 107,245
1 December 1900 ¹ 106,928
1 December 1905 ¹ 110,344
1 December 1910 ¹ 129,406
8 October 1919 ¹ 124,325

Year Population
16 June 1925 ¹ 131,098
16 June 1933 ¹ 165,305
17 May 1939 ¹ 170,968
13 September 1950 ¹ 171,875
6 June 1961 ¹ 213,104
31 December 1970 222,700
30 June 1975 230,500
30 June 1980 223,400
30 June 1985 217,000
1 January 1989 235,423
30 June 1997 246,800
31 December 2003 238,565
31 December 2007 240,548


Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany

Urban districtsBielefeld * Bochum * Bonn * Bottrop * Dortmund * Duisburg * Düsseldorf * Essen * Gelsenkirchen * Hagen * Hamm * Herne * Köln (Cologne) * Krefeld * Leverkusen * Mönchengladbach * Mülheim * Münster * Oberhausen * Remscheid * Solingen * Wuppertal
Rural DistrictsAachen * Borken * Coesfeld * Düren * Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis * Euskirchen * Gütersloh * Heinsberg * Herford * Hochsauerlandkreis * Höxter * Kleve (Cleves) * Lippe * Märkischer Kreis * Mettmann * Minden-Lübbecke * Oberbergischer Kreis * Olpe * Paderborn * Recklinghausen * Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis * Rhein-Erft-Kreis * Rhein-Kreis Neuss * Rhein-Sieg-Kreis * Siegen-Wittgenstein * Soest * Steinfurt * Unna * Viersen * Warendorf * Wesel



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