Nettetal

Nettetal

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Nettetal

Coordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E / 51.317; 6.283Coordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E / 51.317; 6.283
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Düsseldorf
District Viersen
Government
  Mayor Christian Wagner (CDU)
Area
  Total 83.64 km2 (32.29 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
  Total 41,605
  Density 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 41334
Dialling codes 0 21 53, 0 21 57, 0 21 58
Vehicle registration VIE
Website www.nettetal.de

Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Nettetal is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked-out gravel pits that now form twelve lakes. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approx. 20 km north-west from Mönchengladbach and 10 km south-east from Venlo.

Division of the town

Nettetal consists of the following parts (2005 population in brackets):

The main town of Nettetal is Lobberich, which owes its past wealth from the local German lace industries which developed greatly before the First World War, and the town has an impressive late Victorian Church. During the Second World War the older Church was pierced by an American high-explosive shell, the crater of which can still be seen in the wall.

Lakes

Nettetal features a high number of lakes

At the river Nette:

At the river Renne:

At the river Königsbach:

Arboretum Sequoiafarm Kaldenkirchen

Sights

International relations

Nettetal is twinned with:

Notable people

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