Grefrath - Oedt, Mlhausen, Liebfrauenschule Mlhausen, Grefrather EC, Niederrheinisches Freilichtmuseum, Burg Uda, Dorenburg (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Grefrath (German pronunciation: ) is a municipality in the district of Viersen, in the western part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Lower Rhineland region (German: Niederhein), which is located between the river Rhine and the borderline between Germany and the Netherlands. The river Niers crosses through the municipality from the south to the north. The villages of Grefrath and Vinkrath are located on the westerly bank of the small river, whereas Oedt and Mlhausen are situated on the easterly bank. Towns and municipalities adjoining Grefrath are (clockwise, beginning in the north): The nearest bigger cities are Mnchengladbach (15 km to the south-south-east), Krefeld (15 km to the east) and Venlo (15 km to the west). The town of Grefrath was first mentioned in 1177, at that time bearing the name of Greverode. This stands for "The Earls' Clearing" (German: Rodung der Grafen). . In 1243 Grefrath was acquired by the county of Geldern (since 1339: duchy of Geldern) to which it belonged for the next centuries. In 1543 the duchy of Geldern was given to the Burgundian Netherlands, also called the Spanish Netherlands after the division of the House of Habsburg. During the Eighty Years' War, in which the Seventeen Provinces (predecessor of today's Netherlands) fought for their independence from Spain, Grefrath continued to belong to Spain along with the southerly part of the duchy of Geldern. Following the conclusion of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Spanish part of the duchy of Geldern was added to Prussia. In the course of the French Revolutionary Wars, Grefrath was occupied by the French in 1794. It became an official part of the French territory in 1801, belonging to the Dpartement Roer. After the defeat of Napoleonic France, the left Lower Rhineland region was returned to Prussia as a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815. When the country of Prussia was d...http://booksllc.net/?l=de