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Kaarst (German pronunciation: [ˈkaːɐ̯st]; Limburgish: Kaasj) is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is 5 km west of Neuss and 12 km east of Mönchengladbach.

Kaarst
Town
Saint Martin Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kaarst within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
Kaarst
Kaarst
Coordinates: 51°13′N 06°37′E
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionDüsseldorf
DistrictRhein-Kreis Neuss
Subdivisions5
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Ursula Baum[1] (FDP)
Area
 • Total37.48 km2 (14.47 sq mi)
Highest elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Lowest elevation
35 m (115 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total43,615
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
41564
Dialling codes02131
Vehicle registrationNE
Websitewww.kaarst.de

Division of the town


Kaarst consists of 5 subdivisions


History


Before 100 BC Celts lived in the area. Later the Franks came into this area as graves from the 7th century prove. The first written document is the Life of the first bishop of Münster. It describes how bishop Ludger walked from Budica, now Büttgen, through the forest of Hamrithi. The earliest known written mention of Kaarst refers to it as 'Karlesforst' and dates back to 1218. Karl was a very common name for frankish nobles including king Charlemagne ('Karl der Große'), but a link between Charlemagne and Kaarst has not been proven.

Kaarst and Büttgen both have churches built in the 12th century. Both villages were destroyed by Charles the Bold duke of Burgundy (Karl der Kühne, 1474–1475), in the Cologne War (1585 to 1586) and in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Jan von Werth, a celebrated general during the Thirty Years' War, was born near Büttgen in 1591.

During the Thirty Years' War, Kaarst was attacked several times by hostile armies, e.g. the one of Northern-Hesse (Northern-Hesse collaborated with Sweden and France, whereas the southern part of Hesse did not). Some time in 1642, a Hessian troop entered the city murdering the local preacher and destroying the vicarage. From 1794 till 1814 Kaarst was in the area occupied by France under Napoleon I. The French redrew district boundaries in 1798 and assigned Kaarst to Kanton Neuss. A relic of Napoleon I is the Nordkanal, a canal to connect the rivers Maas and Rhine.

In 1936 Büttgen had 4,400 inhabitants and Kaarst 2,000.

In 1975 Büttgen and villages around Kaarst were formally amalgamated into Kaarst to form administrative area with 33,500 inhabitants.


Politics


In the 2015 communal elections, Dr. Ulrike Nienhaus (CDU) was elected mayor of Kaarst with 55.8 percent of the valid votes. She was the first female mayor of Kaarst. In the 2020 communal elections, Ursula Baum (FDP) was elected mayor of Kaarst. She won the runoff election in September 2020 with 59.35 percent of the valid votes against Lars Christoph (CDU).[3]


Transport


Kaarster See station is the western terminus of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 28. The town is also served by Kaarster Bahnhof, Kaarst Mitte/Holzbüttgen and Kaarst IKEA stations. Kaarst-Büttgen is served by the S-Bahn line S 8. Both lines connect Kaarst with the capital city Düsseldorf.

Kaarst is connected to the motorway system via the Bundesautobahn 52 and Bundesautobahn 57, which intersect here.


Twin towns – sister cities


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Kaarst is twinned with:[4]


Notable people





References


  1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2020" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. "Bürgermeisterstichwahl - Kommunalwahlen 2020 in Kaarst - Gesamtergebnis" (in German). ITK Rheinland. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. "Partnerstädte". kaarst.de (in German). Kaarst. Retrieved 2021-02-15.


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На других языках

[de] Kaarst

Kaarst ist eine linksrheinisch in der Region Niederrhein gelegene Stadt im Rhein-Kreis Neuss in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Die mittlere kreisangehörige Stadt hat 43.773 Einwohner[3] und ist mit einer Fläche von 37,4 km² die flächenmäßig kleinste sowie nach der Kreisstadt Neuss die am dichtesten besiedelte Stadt des Landkreises.
- [en] Kaarst

[ru] Карст (город)

Карст (нем. Kaarst) — город в Германии, в земле Северный Рейн-Вестфалия.


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