Moers

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Moers
Moers Castle (2014)
Flag Coat of arms
show Location of Moers within Wesel district
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Coordinates: 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E / 51.45917°N 6.61972°E / 51.45917; 6.61972Coordinates: 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E / 51.45917°N 6.61972°E / 51.45917; 6.61972
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Wesel
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Christoph Fleischhauer[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	67.68 km2 (26.13 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	103,487
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	47441 - 47447
Dialling codes	0 28 41
Vehicle registration	MO (alternative: WES or DIN)
Website	www.moers.de

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Moers (German pronunciation: [ˈmœʁs] (listen); older form: Mörs; archaic Dutch: Murse, Murs or Meurs) is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel.

History[]

The County of Moers in 1635

Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moers was an independent principality within the Holy Roman Empire.

During the Eighty Years' War it was alternately captured by Spanish and Dutch troops, as it bordered the Upper Quarter of Guelders. During the war it finally fell to Maurice of Orange. As it was separated from the Dutch Republic by Spanish Upper Guelders it did not become an integral part of the Republic, though Dutch troops were stationed there.

After the death of William III of Orange in 1702, Moers was inherited by the king of Prussia. All Dutch troops and civil servants were expelled.

In 1795 it was annexed by France. At the Congress of Vienna, in 1815 it was returned to Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire.

A target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, the Steinkohlenbergwerke (English: coal mine) Rheinpreussen synthetic oil plant in Moers,^[3] was partially dismantled post-war.

Significant minority groups
Nationality	Population (2014)
Turkey	4,245
Italy	725
Poland	586
Serbia	427
Croatia	327

Mayors[]

The illuminated, 30 meters high mining lamp memorial by Otto Piene on the spoil tip Halde Rheinpreußen in the north of Moers during the blue hour

• 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: Richard Glum
• 1917–1937: Fritz Eckert
• 1937–1941: Fritz Grüttgen
• 1943–1945: Peter Linden
• 1945–1946: Otto Maiweg
• 1946: Karl Peschken
• 1946–1952: Wilhelm Müller
• 1952–1977: Albin Neuse (SPD)
• 1977–1999: Wilhelm Brunswick (SPD)
• 1999–2004: Rafael Hofmann (CDU)
• 2004–2014: Norbert Ballhaus (SPD)
• 2014–0000: Christoph Fleischhauer (CDU)

Sports[]

In 1985, the Moers Sports Club (volleyball) was formed, winning the 1989 Bundesliga championship.

Notable people[]

Birthplace of Gerhard Tersteegen

• Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769), lay preacher, mystic and poet
• Georg Perthes (1869–1927), surgeon and radiologist (Perthes disease)
• Anna Erler-Schnaudt (1878–1963), contralto
• Hans Dammers (1913–1944), Luftwaffe ace
• Walter Niephaus (1923–1992), chess master
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005), comedian, writer
• Hubert Hahne (1935–2019), race car driver
• Herman Weigel (born 1950), film producer and screenwriter
• Jürgen Renn (born 1956), physicist and historian of science
• Helga Trüpel (born 1958), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
• Jörg van Ommen (born 1962), race car driver
• Katja Nass (born 1968), fencer
• Stephan Paßlack (born 1970), footballer
• Christian Ehrhoff (born 1982), ice hockey player
• Timo Weß (born 1982), field hockey player
• Benjamin Weß (born 1985), field hockey player

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Moers is twinned with:^[4]

See also[]

• Moers Festival
• Burma-Shave, which awarded a trip to Moers in a 1955 promotion

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moers.

• Official website (in German)
• Tourism and culture. Personal guide to the city of Moers