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Krefeld - General Information
| Location: |
| - 51 ° 19´ 57´´ northern parallel |
| - 6 ° 33´ 48´´ eastern parallel |
| - (reference point: main point ordnance survey - Old Church) |
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| - Within Northrhine-Westfalia: |
| - left-sided at the Middle Lower Rhine |
| - south-western of Duisburg (19,5 km Krefeld central station to Duisburg central station) |
| - north-western of Düsseldorf (19,5 km Krefeld central station to Düsseldorf central station) |
| - north-eastern of Mönchengladbach (17 km Krefeld central station to Mönchengladbach central station) |
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| Adjoining cities:
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| Neukirchen - Vluyn |
| Moers |
| Duisburg |
| Kempen |
| Tönisvorst |
| Meerbusch |
| Willich |
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| North-South |
13,3 |
| West-East |
15,9 |
| Total area: |
34,035 acres |
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| Look-out tower Hülser Berg |
107,0 |
| Inrather Berg |
87,0 |
| Kapuzinerberg |
77,0 |
| Hülser Berg |
63,0 |
| Downtown |
39,0 |
| Market-place Uerdingen |
31,0 |
| Highest tower: Johannes Church |
79,8 |
| Highest appartement building: Bleichpfad |
67,3 |
| Rhine frontage |
6,698 km |
| (kilometer 760,4 - 767,1) |
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| Width of the Rhine |
320-400 m |
| twin towns |
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| Charlotte (USA) |
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| Dünkirchen (France) |
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| Leicester (Great Britan) |
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| Leiden (Netherland) |
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| Uljanowsk (Russia) |
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| Venlo (Netherland) |
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Use of areas
(according to development plan) |
acres |
acres |
| Areas for agriculture and forestry |
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14.257 |
| - agriculture |
11.316 |
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| - forest |
2.941 |
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| Settlement area |
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15.507 |
| Construction areas for |
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| - mixed constructions |
11.081 |
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| - industrial constructions |
389 |
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| - traffic |
4.036 |
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| Green areas |
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2.944 |
| Water areas |
|
880 |
| Others |
|
447 |
| Total |
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34.034 |
| Population |
Number of |
Number of |
in % |
| total |
|
239.900 |
100% |
| male |
117.138 |
|
48,83% |
| female |
122.726 |
|
51,17% |
| foreign citizens |
33.070 |
|
13,78% |
| population density (population per sqkm) |
1.742 |
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| Age structure- citizens per age group |
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| as from 0 to beneath 3 years |
6.036 |
2,52% |
| as from 3 to beneath 6 years |
6.491 |
2,71% |
| as from 6 to beneath 10 years |
9.232 |
3,85% |
| as from 10 to beneath 15 years |
12.387 |
5,16% |
| as from 15 to beneath 18 years |
7.949 |
3,31% |
| as from 18 to beneath 21 years |
7.869 |
3,28% |
| as from 21 to beneath 45 years |
79.467 |
33,13% |
| as from 45 to beneath 60 years |
48.311 |
20,14% |
| as from 60 to beneath 65 years |
14.158 |
5,90% |
| as from 65 to beneath 75 years |
27.597 |
11,50% |
| 75 years and older |
20.403 |
8,50% |
Economical structure
- Number of employees subject to compulsory social insurance |
Number of |
| as per |
31.12.1992 |
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96.445 |
| as per |
30.06.1993 |
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94.211 |
| as per |
31.12.1993 |
|
92.864 |
| as per |
30.06.1994 |
|
91.299 |
| as per |
31.12.1994 |
|
92.806 |
| as per |
30.06.1995 |
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91.281 |
| as per |
31.12.1995 |
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91.299 |
| as per |
30.06.1996 |
|
89.793 |
| as per |
31.12.1996 |
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89.793 |
| as per |
31.12.1997 |
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87.810 |
| as per |
31.12.1998 |
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85.907 |
| as per |
31.12.1999 |
|
89.108 |
| as per |
31.12.2000 |
|
90.180 |
| as per |
31.12.2001 |
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89.230 |
| as per |
31.12.2002 |
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87.747 |
| as per |
31.12.2003 |
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85.439 |
| as per |
31.12.2004 |
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83.758 |
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there of male |
50.299 |
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there of female |
33.459 |
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there of foreigners |
6.959 |
| Unemployment rate for Krefeld (12/2002) |
13,40% |
Employees subject to compulsory social insurance
listed by sectors of economy divided up: |
83.900 |
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| Agriculture and forestry, fishery |
478 |
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| Manufacturing industries |
28.896 |
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| there of: |
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| - Productional trade |
25.529 |
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| - Building trade |
3.367 |
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| Other Service industries |
34.121 |
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| there of: |
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| - Banking/insurance companies |
2.404 |
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| - Territorial authorities, social insurance companies |
12.478 |
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| - Public administrational services |
3.691 |
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| - Other private and public services |
15.548 |
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| Trade |
19.666 |
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| there of: |
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| - Trade |
14.255 |
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| - Restaurants and accomodation |
1.597 |
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| - Traffic/information transfer |
3.814 |
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| Others |
739 |
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| Number of small scale industrialists |
8.161 |
| Number of registered firms |
3.612 |
| Number of craftsman's establishments |
1.863 |
| Total turnover (year 2003) |
7.525.790.000,00 € |
| Industrial export turnover (year 2001) |
3.734.372.000,00 € |
| Export rate |
49,62 % |
| Gross production (year 2002) |
6.526.000,00 € |
| Annual turnover of mayor industries as percentage of the total turnover of all sectors of industry |
| (companies with generally 20 and more emmployees) |
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in € |
in % |
| Food industry |
589.003.000,00 |
7,83% |
| Textiles and clothing |
239.799.000,00 |
3,19% |
| Paper and printing |
128.204.000,00 |
1,70% |
| chemicals |
3.150.841.000,00 |
41,87% |
| Glas- and ceramics |
27.780.000,00 |
0,37% |
| Metal production |
2 030.095.000,00 |
26,98% |
| egnineering and automotive industry |
675.810.000,00 |
8,98% |
Electro-technics, electricity, electronics
precision mechanics |
147.824.000,00 |
1,96% |
| Construction of vehicle |
484.812.000,00 |
6,44% |
| furniture, jewellery,... |
51.727.000,00 |
0,69% |
| Total |
7.525.790.000,00 |
100,00% |
| index and rate poundage |
in % |
| realty tax A (for agricultural and forest enterprises) |
220 |
| realty tax B (for real estates) |
475 |
| trade tax (2005) |
440 |
| purchasing power index (2005) |
104,2 |
| stockturn index (2005) |
119,9 |
| Traffic connections /long-distance traffic |
| Airports |
| International airport Rhein-Ruhr Düsseldorf (app. 15-20 km) |
| Düsseldorf Express airport Mönchengladbach (app. 18 km) |
| Railway: |
| Transport of passengers with stops at |
| - Central Station |
| - Oppum |
| - Uerdingen |
| - Hohenbudberg - Bayerwerk |
| Freight traffic (container terminals): |
| - Krefeld |
| - Düsseldorf |
| - Neuss |
| - Duisburg |
| Waterways: |
| Rhineharbour Krefeld / kilometer 763 |
| Total transshipment: 3.459.000 t (2002) |
| Road traffic |
Distance from Krefeld to
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in km |
| Motorways |
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Aachen |
85 |
| A 40 (E 34) / Duisburg -- Venlo |
Antwerpen |
180 |
| with stops at: |
Brüssel |
182 |
| - Krefeld - Hüls |
Duisburg |
20 |
| - Kerken |
Düsseldorf |
22 |
| - Neukirchen - Vluyn |
Frankfurt |
248 |
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Hamburg |
390 |
| A 57 (E 31) / Köln -- Nijmegen |
Köln |
57 |
| with stops at: |
München |
634 |
| - Krefeld - Traar/td>
| Rotterdam |
204 |
| - Krefeld - Gartenstadt |
Stuttgart |
592 |
| - Krefeld - Zentrum |
| - Krefeld - Oppum |
| A 44 / Düsseldorf -- Aachen |
| with stops at: |
| - Krefeld - Fischeln |
| - Krefeld - Fichtenhain |
| - Krefeld - Forstwald |
| Federal Highways B 9, B 57, B288, B 509 |
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| Research and development centres |
| University of applied scienceswith special laboratories for:
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| - micro processing |
| - operating system |
| - automation of equipment and process control |
| - process and control engineering |
| - registration, transferring and transformation of measured values |
| - automation technics |
| - CAD |
| - plastics manufacturing machines and transmission technics |
| - plastics recycling |
| - destructive material testing |
| - non-destructive material testing |
| - hydraulics |
| - process engineering |
| - textile chemistry |
| - textile finishing technologies |
| - construction and automation of textile machines |
| - textile and clothing technics |
| - water chemistry and analytical technology |
| - colour and lacquer technology |
| - science of nutrition, food analysis, food hygiene |
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| Technology Transfer Centre at the Technical College Niederrhein |
| German Textile Research Centre North-West |
| wfk Cleaning Technology Research Institute |
| Technology Centre Niederrhein |
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| Primary schools |
39 |
| Intermediate schools |
8 |
| Middle schools |
6 |
| High schools |
9 |
| Comprehensive schools |
4 |
| Trade schools |
4 |
| Special trade schools |
4 |
| Basic trade schools |
3 |
| Technical schools |
4 |
| Technical high schools |
3 |
| Municipal schools für educationally subnormal children |
7 |
| Others |
2 |
| Social facilities |
Number of |
| Hospitals incl. cardiac surgery |
6 |
| Kindergardens |
107 |
| Old people's and nursery homes |
23 |
| Therapeutic pedagogical centre |
1 |
| Reintegration workshop |
1 |
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| Cultural and leisure-facilities |
| - Museum Centre Burg Linn |
| (Roman-Frank archaeology, folklore of the Lower Rhine) |
| - Kaiser Wilhelm Museum |
| Haus Esters und Haus Lange |
| (international modern and contemporary art) |
| - German Textile Museum |
| - Common theatre Krefeld-Mönchengladbach |
| - Fabrik Heeder |
| - Theatre at the Marienplatz |
| - Zoo |
| (1200 species of animals, buildings for big animals, monkies, birds and butterflies) |
| - Botanical garten |
| - Golf courses Linn, Stadtwald, Traar |
| - Squash centres |
| - more than 100 Tennis courts |
| - Lake Elfrath |
| (sailing and surfing, boat-race track) |
| - Yachtharbour |
| - Swim sports facilities |
| (outdoor and indoor swimming pools) |
| - Gallop race-course, indoor riding schools |
| - Gliding site Egelsberg |
| - Icestadium |
| (Krefelder e.V. - DEL German Icehockey League) |
| - Footballstadium |
| (KFC Uerdingen - Second Football Division) |
| - Many public parks and green areas |
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