Rheydt

Rheydt (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪt]) is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split from Mönchengladbach arranged by Joseph Goebbels, who was born there) through 1975 it was an independent city. After merging with Mönchengladbach, the central station (Rheydt Hauptbahnhof) kept its original name, making Mönchengladbach the only city in Germany to have two stations called Hauptbahnhof.

Schloss Rheydt
Church: die Sankt Marienkirche

Schloss Rheydt, one of the best-preserved palaces of the Renaissance period, is located in Rheydt.

Mayors 1808–1974
  • 1808–1823: Dietrich Lenßen
  • 1823–1857: Johann David Büschgens
  • 1857–1877: Carl Theodorf von Velsen
  • 1877–1893: Emil Pahlke
  • 1893–1901: Dr. Wilhelm Strauß
  • 1901–1905: Dr. Karl August Tettenborn
  • 1906–1920: Paul Lehwald
  • 1920–1929: Dr. Oskar Graemer
  • 1929–1930: Franz Gielen
  • 1930–1933: Dr. Johannes Handschumacher
  • 1933: Wilhelm Pelzer
  • 1934–1936: Edwin Renatus Robert August Hasenjaeger
  • 1936–1940: Heinz Gebauer
  • 1940–1945: Dr. Alexander Doemens
  • 1945: August Brocher
  • 1945–1948: Dr. Carl Marcus
  • 1948–1950: Heinrich Pesch
  • 1950–1956: Johannes Scheulen
  • 1956–1961: Wilhelm Schiffer
  • 1961–1963: Dr. Friedrich Hinnah
  • 1963–1964: Fritz Rahmen
  • 1964–1969: Wilhelm Schiffer
  • 1969–1974: Fritz Rahmen

Demographic development
Year Population
1532650
17942.776
18042.743
18302.200
3. December 1849 ¹8.189
3. December 1861 ¹10.200
3. December 1864 ¹11.400
3. December 1867 ¹12.200
1. December 1871 ¹13.766
1. December 1875 ¹15.835
1. December 1880 ¹19.100
Year Population
1. December 1885 ¹22.658
1. December 1890 ¹26.830
2. December 1895 ¹30.102
1. December 1900 ¹34.036
1. December 1905 ¹40.149
1. December 1910 ¹43.999
1. December 1916 ¹38.468
5. December 1917 ¹37.657
8. October 1919 ¹42.821
16. June 1925 ¹45.095
16. June 1933 ¹77.261
Year Population
17. May 1939 ¹77.339
31. December 194565.755
29. October 1946 ¹68.921
13. September 1950 ¹78.302
25. September 1956 ¹89.029
6. June 1961 ¹94.004
31. December 196598.862
27. May 1970 ¹100.077
31. December 197499.963

Note: ¹ - census

Notable residents
  • 1815, May 15, Friedrich Beckenbach, renamed Brookland + Jan 28 1892 in Rheydt, textile entrepreneur in Prussia, Holland and Yorkshire England, son of Johann Heinrich Beckenbach of Lenssen & Beckenbach, Rheydt
  • 1859, February 3, Hugo Junkers, † February 3, 1935 in Gauting, engineer
  • 1863, May 30, Klara Hechtenberg Collitz, † November 22, 1944 in Baltimore, German philologist
  • 1876, September 4, Ernst Jakob Christoffel, † April 23, 1955 in Isfahan, founder of the Christoffel-Blindenmission
  • 1894, August 29, Werner Gilles, † June 22, 1961 in Essen, artist
  • 1894, February 24, Josef Arndgen, † September 20, 1966 in Wiesbaden, German politician (CDU)
  • 1897, October 29, Joseph Goebbels, † May 1, 1945 in Berlin, Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi regime
  • 1898, July 24, Peter Erkens, † October 22, 1972 in Mönchengladbach, politician
  • 1910, Emil Vorster, † 1976, race driver
  • 1913, December 18, Wilhelm Schmitter, † November 8, 1943 in action over London, World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot
  • 1917, June 2, Heinz Sielmann, † October 6, 2006 in Munich, film maker
  • 1918, May 6, Ruth Lommel, actress
  • 1925, A. Edward Nussbaum, † 31 October 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri, theoretical mathematician
  • 1928 – 2008 Hermin Esser, tenor
  • 1930, May 16, Karl Heinz Beckurts, † July 9, 1986 in Straßlach, Munich, physicist, killed by Red Army Fraction
  • 1932, August 25, Alexander Arnz, † September 30, 2004 in Cologne, director
  • 1936, August 9, Uwe Erichsen, author
  • 1949, November 24, Christa Muth, systems scientist
  • 1967, May 18, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, race driver
  • 1973, February 24, Sonja Oberem, marathon runner
  • 1977, May 10, Nick Heidfeld, race driver

References
    • Quotations related to Rheydt at Wikiquote
    • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rheydt" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
    • Rheydt-Online - a city guide to Rheydt


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