Schwerte

Schwerte
Schwerte
	The church of St. Victor in Schwerte
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schwerte within Unna district
	Schwerte Schwerte
	Coordinates: 51°26′45″N 7°33′55″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Unna
Government
• Mayor	Dimitrios Axourgos (SPD)
Area
• Total	56.2 km2 (21.7 sq mi)
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	46,195
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	58239
Dialling codes	02304
Vehicle registration	UN
Website	www.schwerte.de

Schwerte is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Schwerte is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountainous Sauerland region.

Division of the town

After the local government reforms of 1975 Schwerte consists of the following districts:

Schwerte
Holzen
Westhofen
Ergste
Geisecke
Villigst
Wandhofen

Twin towns

Schwerte is twinned with:

Allouagne in France (since 1974, partnership transferred from Ergste) Béthune in France Cava de' Tirreni in Italy (since 1984) Hastings in United Kingdom Labuissière (now Bruay-la-Buissière) in France (partnership transferred from Westhofen)	Leppävirta in Finland (since 1992) Pjatigorsk in Russia Nowy Sącz in Poland (since 1984) (suspended in 2020 due to Nowy Sącz's adoption of the Family Rights Charter) [2][3] Violaines in France (partnership transferred from Wandhofen) Kikinda in Serbia

History

Schwerte received civic rights in the 12th century.

The railway facility in the eastern district of Schwerte became a branch of the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1944. The camp had 445 prisoners in August and 670 in November 1944. The number of escapees was comparatively high; in November 1944 48 prisoners escaped. The camp in Schwerte was disbanded in December 1944 and the remaining prisoners were brought back to Buchenwald.[4]

Main sights

The Romanesque church of St. Victor has a carved altar of 1523, and stained glass of the 14th and 15th centuries.
The Wuckenhof is a timber framed house built in the 16th century.[5]
The Ruhrtalmuseum is situated in a former town hall, that was built in 1547.[6]
The Rohrmeisterei was built in 1889 by a water purification company. It was a pumping station until 1924. Today it is part of the German route of industrial heritage (Route der Industriekultur).[7]

Ruhrtalmuseum

Economy

Today, there are some industries left, which are confined to the manufacture of iron and steel goods.

Notable residents

Jens Ewald (born 1983 in Schwerte), a whitewater kayaker
Paul Kevenhörster (born 1941 in Schwerte), a political scientist
Wolfgang Kleff (born 1946 in Schwerte), a former football (soccer) player
Thomas Kroth (born 1959), a former football (soccer) player, lives in Schwerte
Detlef Lewe (1939–2008), a sprint canoer lived in Schwerte
Violetta Oblinger-Peters (born 1977 in Schwerte), a whitewater slalom canoer
Heinrich Rehkemper (born 1894 in Schwerte, died 1949), a baritone singer
Carmen Rischer (born 1956 in Schwerte), a former rhythmic gymnast
Erwin Rösener (born 1902 in Schwerte, died 1946), an SS-Obergruppenführer Nazi officer executed for war crimes, who was posthumously indicted at Nuremberg for war crimes
Lasse Sobiech (born 1991 in Schwerte), a professional footballer, currently playing for FC St. Pauli.
Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952 in Schwerte), an artist
Rabbi Werner van der Zyl (1902–1984) was born in Schwerte[8]

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
"Miasta partnerskie i zaprzyjaźnione Nowego Sącza". Urząd Miasta Nowego
Sącza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
"Nowy Sącz. Miasto partnerskie Schwerte zawiesiło kontakty z miastem. Powodem Samorządowa Karta Praw Rodziny". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
Benz, Wolfgang; Barabara Distel; Angelika Königseder (2006). Der Ort des Terrors: Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager (in German). C.H.Beck. pp. 572–574. ISBN 978-3-406-52963-4. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
Teil VI: Die Freiherren von Syberg zu Schwerte, Hees und Sümmern (German)
Das Ruhrtalmuseum (German)
Rohrmeisterei Schwerte (German)
Sante Hanse, Britta; Klüh, Thomas (14 December 2010). "Renaming the so-called small market in Dr. Werner van der Zyl Square". Committee on Demography, Urban Development and Environment. Schwerte.de. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

External links

Official site (in German)
Heimatverein Ergste Internet site of the local history society of Ergste

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[Nowy_Sącz_twinnings-2] "Miasta partnerskie i zaprzyjaźnione Nowego Sącza". Urząd Miasta Nowego
Sącza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

[Nowy_Sącz_LGBT-3] "Nowy Sącz. Miasto partnerskie Schwerte zawiesiło kontakty z miastem. Powodem Samorządowa Karta Praw Rodziny". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

[4] Benz, Wolfgang; Barabara Distel; Angelika Königseder (2006). Der Ort des Terrors: Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager (in German). C.H.Beck. pp. 572–574. ISBN 978-3-406-52963-4. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

[5] Teil VI: Die Freiherren von Syberg zu Schwerte, Hees und Sümmern (German)

[6] Das Ruhrtalmuseum (German)

[7] Rohrmeisterei Schwerte (German)

[van_der_Zyl-8] Sante Hanse, Britta; Klüh, Thomas (14 December 2010). "Renaming the so-called small market in Dr. Werner van der Zyl Square". Committee on Demography, Urban Development and Environment. Schwerte.de. Retrieved 8 March 2013.