GUMMERSBACH

'Gummersbach' is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street. Till the 1920's citizen of Gummersbach also used to call their town "small Paris".

Contents

History

The coat of arms

Communities, Localities and Villages

Places of interest

Center

Lieberhausen

Hülsenbusch

Population growth

Schools in Gummersbach

Sport

Famous people

Lived some time in Gummersbach

External links

History

In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the very first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal Cathedral Tax for the church in Gummersbach by Eb. Friedrich. At that time the name of the town was spelled as 'Gummeresbracht'. Gummersbach received charter in 1857.
A survey about the most important historical events under: Marksteine Gummersbacher Geschichte

The coat of arms

The arms were granted on July 27, 1892.
Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large city during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry. The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287.

Communities, Localities and Villages

Apfelbaum - Becke - Berghausen - Bernberg - Birnbaum - Börnchen - Bracht - Bredenbruch - Brink - Bruch - Brunohl - Bünghausen - Deitenbach - Derschlag - Dieringhausen - Drieberhausen - Dümmlinghausen - Elbach - Erbland - Erlenhagen - Flaberg - Frömmersbach - Grünenthal - Gummeroth - Hardt - Hardt-Hanfgarten - Helberg - Herreshagen - Hesselbach - Höfen -Hömel - Hülsenbusch - Hunstig - Kalkuhl - Karlskamp - Koverstein - Lantenbach - Lieberhausen - Liefenroth - Lobscheid - Lützinghausen - Luttersiefen - Mühle - Neuenhaus - Neuenschmiede - Niedergelpe - Niedernhagen - Niederseßmar - Nochen - Oberrengse - Ohmig -Peisel - Piene - Rebbelroth - Recklinghausen - Reininghausen - Remmelsohl - Rodt - Rospe - Schneppsiefen -
Schönenberg - Schusterburg - Sonnenberg - Steinenbrück - Straße - Strombach - Unnenberg - Veste - Vollmerhausen - Waldesruh - Wasserfuhr - Windhagen - Wörde - Würden

	'North:' Marienheide
'West:' Engelskirchen	'Gummersbach'	'East:' Bergneustadt
	'South:' Wiehl

Places of interest

Center

★ The 'Old castle', in 1700 from at that time senior civil servant "Pollmann" built the house residential building which lies in the today's center in pedestrian precinct with Kaiserstrasse.

Lieberhausen

★ Colored church, a Protestant church with Middle Ages to lichen cover paintings.

★ In a restaurant compared with the church one can eat Lieberhausen pancake.

Hülsenbusch

★ The " Protestant church " was rebuilt in the 18th century after a local fire and was equipped baroque.

Population growth

Year	Population
1890	7,748
1910	16,050
1953	31,557
1957	32,150
1977	49,285
1990	53,120
1995	54,462
2000	54,314
2002	54,318
2003	54,212

Schools in Gummersbach

★ Communal elementary school Gummersbach-Körnerstrasse

★ Communal elementary school Gummersbach-Bernberg

★ Jakob Moreno school, school for learning-disabled children

★ Town secondary school Gummersbach-Hepel, http://www.rs-hepel.de/

★ Town secondary school Gummersbach-Steinberg

★ Town high school - Grotenbach

★ Town high school - Moltkestrasse, http://www.gym-moltke.de/

★ Occupational lecture Gummersbach

★ Business school Gummersbach

★ Advanced technical college of Cologne, campus Gummersbach

★ Educational centrum upper mountain for technology and economy

★ Music school Gummersbach e. V.
==Twin towns==

★ Burg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (since November 1, 1990)

★ Afandou - Rhodes, Greece (since 16th October 2001)

★ La Roche-sur-Yon, France (since 1968)

★ Lebork, Poland (formerly Lauenburg), it amicable relations - no partnership exist. 1955 sold have the Oberbergische Kreis and the town Gummersbach a sponsorship for from Lauenburg coming assumed which meet all 2 years in Gummersbach.

Sport

The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970's and is till this day after won titles the most recognized team in the world.

Famous people

★ Heiner Brand, former handball player, now handball coach of the national team

★ Jürgen Domian, German Radio host

★ Bruno Goller, German painter

★ Prof. Dr. Rolf Peffekoven, financial scientist

★ Hella von Sinnen, German TV

★ Jan Sosniok, German Film actor

★ Fred Viebahn, German writer (see http://www.people.virginia.edu/~fv5w/ )

★ Fritz Eschmann , former District Administrator and member of the German parliament of SPD

★ Dr. Ottmar Kohler, the doctor of Stalingrad

Lived some time in Gummersbach

★ Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Goldenbogen

★ Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas, probably Germanys best-known living philosopher

External links

★ In German:

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★ http://www.wdr.de/tv/daheimundunterwegs/unterwegs/nrw/20030602.phtml

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★ City of Gummersbach: Coat of Arms and Notes of the History of Gummersbach

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★ Ingrid Kamerbeek, born in Gummersbach on March 14, 1952, worldwide acting artist, founder of Webism

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★ City map

★ 'Map and aerial photos'

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★ Street map from Mapquest

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★ Aerial photograph from Microsoft Terraserver