Moers
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Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Administrative region | Düsseldorf |
District | Wesel |
Population | 107.503 (30. June 2006) |
Area | 67.68 km² |
Elevation | 23 m |
Coordinates | 51°28′ N 6°37′ E |
Postal code | 47441-47447 |
Area code | 02841 |
Licence plate code | WES |
Mayor | Norbert Ballhaus (SPD) |
Website | moers.de |
Moers (in older texts also Murse or Meurs) is a city in western Germany. It is located in the Wesel district in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the left side of the river Rhine.
[edit] Politics
Mayors since 1815
- 1815 - 1820: Wilhelm Urbach
- 1822 - 1830: von Nievenheim
- 1830 - 1850: Friedrich Adolf Vinmann
- 1850 - 1859: Karl von Strampff
- 1860 - 1864: Gottlieb Meumann
- 1864 - 1897: Gustav Kautz
- 1898 - 1910: August Craemer
- 1910 - 1915: Dr. Richard Glum
- 1917 - 1937: Dr. Fritz Eckert
- 1937 - 1941: Fritz Grüttgen
- 1943 - 1945: Peter Linden
- 1945 - 1946: Dr. Otto Maiweg
- 1946: Karl Peschken
- 1946 - 1952: Wilhelm Müller
- 1952 - 1977: Albin Neuse (SPD)
- 1977 - 1999: Wilhelm Brunswick (SPD)
- 1999 - 2004: Rafael Hofmann (CDU)
- 2004 -until today : Norbert Ballhaus (SPD)
[edit] Twin towns
Moers is twinned with
- Maisons-Alfort in France since 1966
- Bapaume, also France since 1974
- Knowsley, in Merseyside, England since 1980
- Ramla in Israel since 1987
- La Trinidad in Nicaragua since 1989
- Seelow in Brandenburg, Germany since 1990
[edit] External links
Cities and towns in Wesel (district)
Alpen | Dinslaken | Hamminkeln | Hünxe | Kamp-Lintfort | Moers | Neukirchen-Vluyn | Rheinberg | Schermbeck | Sonsbeck | Voerde | Wesel | Xanten |