Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach is a town of Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia. It is in the west of the the Rhine, halfway between the town of Düsseldorf and the border Dutchwoman. She counted 266.684 inhabitants in 2004.

The city is in particular known for its club of Football, the Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Districts

10 districts with the districts:

Twinning

Famous characters

In Mönchengladbach and Rheydt were born:

Franz Brandts (° November 12th 1834 - † October 5th 1914), contractor, founder of the organization " Volksvereins für das katholische Deutschland"
Hugo Junkers (° February 3rd 1859 with Rheydt - † February 3rd 1935 with Gauting, engineer and contractor (manufacturer of planes)
Ernst Christoffel (° September 4th 1876 with Rheydt), founder of the organization " Christoffel-Blindenmission"
Robert Pferdmenges (° March 27th 1880 - † September 18th 1962 with Cologne), banker and politician (CDU), appointed at the federal Parliament and the Parliament of (Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia)
Franz Doelle (° November 9th 1883 - † March 15th 1965 with Leverkusen), type-setter („Wenn DER weiße Flieder wieder blüht “)
Carl Spiecker (° January 7th 1888 - † November 16th 1953 with Königstein im Taunus), politician (Zentrum, CDU), appointed with the Parliament of (Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia), federal president of the Zentrum
Heinrich Lersch (° September 12th 1889 - † June 18th 1936 with Remagen), blacksmith and poet
Hubert Schlebusch (° June 28th 1893 - † October 20th 1955, Prime Minister of Brunswick 1945 - 46
Werner Gilles (° August 29th 1894 with Rheydt - † June 22nd 1961 with Essen), artist
Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (° October 29th 1897 with Rheydt - † May 1st 1945 with Berlin), politician (NSDAP), Minister for the Propaganda and chancellor of the Third Reich
Hans Jonas (° May 10th 1903 - † February 5th 1993 with New York), philosopher
Theo Hesper (° December 12th 1903 - † September 9th 1943), resistant against the mode national-Socialist
Dr. Franz Meyers (° July 31st 1908 - † June 27th, 2002), politician (CDU), Prime Minister of Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia 1958 - 1966
Thomas Münster (° 1912), writer
Heinz Sielmann (° June 2nd 1917 with Rheydt), scenario writer
Heinz Kremers (° October 19th 1926 with Rheydt - † May 25th 1988 with Moers), professor of theology
Karl Heinz Beckurts (° May 16th 1930 with Rheydt - † July 9th 1986 with Munich), physicist
Alexander Arnz (° August 25th 1932 with Rheydt, - † September 30th, 2004), director
Petra Schürmann (° September 15th 1935), Miss Monde 1956, actress and TV host
Uwe Erichsen (° August 9th 1936 with Rheydt), author
Rolf Königs (° August 19th 1941), president of the Borussia Mönchengladbach since April 6th, 2004
Günter Netzer (° September 14th 1944), footballer then trainer of football
Jupp Heynckes (° May 9th 1945), footballer then trainer of football
Reinhold Ewald (° December 18th 1956), physicist and astronaut
Burkhard Spinnen (° December 28th 1956), author
Walter Moers (° May 24th 1957), author of band-drawn
Volker Pispers (° January 18th 1958), chansonnier
Bernd Kardorff (° December 31st 1963), dermatologist and writer
Kai Ebel (° August 30th 1964), journalist
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (° May 18th 1967), racing driver
Gregor Schneider (° April 5th 1969 with Rheydt), artist
Mario Kaiser (° April 8th 1970 with Rheydt), journalist
Jörg Albertz (° January 29th 1971), footballer
Sven Lintjens (° October 5th 1976), footballer
Nick Heidfeld (° May 10th 1977), racing driver
Marcel Ketelaer (° November 3rd 1977), footballer
Marcel Jansen (° November 4th 1985), footballer

Famous characters connected to Mönchengladbach

August Pieper (° March 14th 1866 with Eversberg (Meschede) - † September 25th 1942 with Paderborn), theologist and president of the organization " Volksvereins für das katholische Deutschland"
Heinz Vogel (° May 31st 1898 with Königswinter - † September 21st 1977 with Garmisch), artist
Heinz Mack (° March 8th 1931 with Lollar), artist
Klaus Schmitt (° 1945 with Korschenbroich), artist
Berti Vogts (° December 30th 1946 with Büttgen), footballer then trainer of football
Charlotte Roche (° March 18th 1978 with Wimbledon (London)), TV host, producing of Tracks on Arte

Building

St Kamillus Asthmakrankenhaus (hospital with church and cloister), Mönchengladbach-Dahl, built in 1926-28, drawing by Dominikus Böhm

Stadthalle Rheydt (versatile room), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, built in 1928-1930, drawing by Walter Fischer, Hans Poelzig, max Littmann, reorganization in 1982-84, drawing by HP
Kaiser-Friedrich-Market (versatile room), Mönchengladbach-Stadtmitte, built in 1902-1903

Pfarrkirche St Franziskus (church), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt-Geneicken, built in 1930, drawing by Dominikus Böhm
Pfarrkirche St Peter (church), Mönchengladbach-Waldhausen, built in 1933, drawing by Clemens Holzmeister
Mönchengladbacher Münster (church), 1228-39 (long nave) and 1256-77 (chorus, drawing by Gerhard Master)
Evangelische Hauptkirche (church), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, built in 1899-1902, drawing by Johannes Otzen
Evangelische Friedenskirche (church), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt-Geneicken, built in 1864-66, drawing by Maximilian Nohl
Evangelische Pfarrkirche (church), Mönchengladbach-Wickrathberg
Evangelische Pfarrkirche (church), Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen, built in 1757, drawing by François Soiron

Schloss Rheydt (castle), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, built in 1534-72, drawing by Maximilian Pasqualini
Schloss Wickrath (castle), Mönchengladbach-Wickrath, built in 1746-72
Haus Horst (castle), Mönchengladbach-Giesenkirchen

Rathaus Rheydt (town hall), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, built in 1894-96, drawing by Robert Neuhaus
Rathaus Abtei (town hall)

Volksbad in Volksgarten (swimming pool)
Bökelbergstadion (stage)
Borussia-Park (stage), Mönchengladbach-Holt-Nordpark, built in 2002-04, drawing by Planungsgruppe B
Warsteiner HockeyPark (stage)

Wasserturm á the street Viersener Straße (water tower), Mönchengladbach-Stadtmitte, built in 1908-09, drawing by Otto Greiß

Berufsschule (professional training center), Mönchengladbach-Rheydt-Mülfort, built in 1938-55, drawing by Emil Fahrenkamp

Schauspielhaus (theater), Mönchengladbach-Stadtmitte, built in 1957-59, drawing by Paul Stohrer

Museum Abteiberg (museum), Mönchengladbach-Stadtmitte, built in 1972-82, drawing by Hans Hollein

Simple: Mönchengladbach

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