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 1920s citizen of Gummersbach also used to call their town "small Paris".
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
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
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| 1910 |
16,050
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| 1953 |
31,557
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| 1957 |
32,150
|
| 1977 |
49,285
|
| 1990 |
53,120
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| 1995 |
54,462
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| 2000 |
54,314
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| 2002 |
54,318
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| 2003 |
54,212
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Schools in Gummersbach
- Communal elementary schools in the towncentre and the districts Becke, Bernberg, Derschlag, Dieringhausen, Hülsenbusch, Niederseßmar, Steinenbrück and Windhagen
- 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, http://www.gymnasium-grotenbach.de/
- Town high school - Moltkestrasse, http://www.gym-moltke.de/
- Occupational lecture Gummersbach
- Business school Gummersbach
- Advanced technical college of Cologne, campus Gummersbach, http://www.gm.fh-koeln.de/
- Educational centrum upper mountain for technology and economy
- Music school Gummersbach e. V.
Sport
The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s 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
External links
- In German:
- Map and aerial photos
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