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were given to Hückeswagen on 4 April 1859 according to
Rhenish town order. From 1861 to 1920 Hückeswagen consisted of the municipality and Neuhückeswagen, a juridically rural community. On 1 March 1920 the juridically independent municipalities were combined. On 18 October 1875 the still young city
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The name derives from the earlier form "Hukensuuage" or "Huckengeswage", signifying the settlement of a man named
Hugobert or Hugibald. Local history researcher Wilhelm Blankertz presents a different theory in his publications, that the oldest local name was "Hukengesuuage", meaning "settlement of
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In 2004, a location-leading system was introduced to Hückeswagen, consisting of a terminal in the entrance to the town, it makes it easier for foreign visitors to orient themselves around the town. Above all, it enables foreign truck drivers, and company customers, whom need to visit one of the
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The federal highway 237 and the federal highway 483 pass by Hückeswagen. A town bypass is planned, for the improvement of the transport guidance, but the financing of this road has not been cleared. Later plans for a second by-pass road should provide for further easing of traffic congestion
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Hückeswagen had a significant textile industry. Cloth available in Hückeswagen today testifies to the great prosperity of the industrial families. The importance of the town as the center of the local area has been reduced in last few decades as the neighbouring town
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The city of Hückeswagen has approximately 600,000 square metres of industrial space. Of it the biggest coherent trades and industrial zones are in the city center area between the B 237 and the
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of Berg, who bought the area in 1260 from the Counts of Hückeswagen. The lower part is a symbol for the textile industry, which has been important to the town since the late
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received some municipal and public facilities to establish itself as an important center. Because of municipal reform, in 1975 the town lost the share of
Bergisch Born in
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was rarely used, the main
Remscheid railway station was closed off, and the railroad was later closed completely. Today, only bus connections exist to Remscheid,
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On 31 August 2004 Hückeswagen had 16,541 inhabitants; 1,209 residents are of foreign origin. The number of females (8,561) exceeds the male inhabitants (7,983).
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abbess
Svanhild among other things by emperors Heinrich IV. (HRR)" mentions documentary. (Documentary first namings oberbergische places v. Klaus Pampus).
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the
Hunginger family near the water". The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1085 in a deed issued by the abbess
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Hückeswagen was an ancestral seat of the counts of Hückeswagen and in 1085 became for the first time a
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Vinzenz Jakob von
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1184:(born here 1876) – American artist based in Taos, New Mexico
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was connected to the railroad network. During the period of
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Roman
Wasserfuhr – jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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The biggest employer in the town is "Klingelnberg", a
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Peter Biesenbach – German politician, Landtag member
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City administration office in the Hückeswagen Palace
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1246:, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
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626:Catholic parish church – Sankt Mariä Himmelfahrt
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1559:Coat of Arms of Oberbergischer Kreis district
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16:Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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174:Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
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632:Johannis church – Protestant
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591:Market street in Hückeswagen
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1161:1972 Summer Olympics
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391:Vehicle registration
322: • Density
203:51.14500°N 7.34167°E
1188:Jörg Guido Hülsmann
1169:(1740–1817), author
1091:The section of the
970:Stahlschmidtsbrücke
474:. Nearby towns are
404:www.hueckeswagen.de
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1042:Wüstung Hagermühle
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604:Places of interest
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583:Origin of the name
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598:Svanhild of Essen
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135:Hückeswagen
61:Coat of arms
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1147:Willi Daume
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937:Rautzenberg
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718:Engelshagen
715:Elberhausen
712:Eckenhausen
697:Dörpersteeg
558:Wipperfürth
504:Middle Ages
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412:Hückeswagen
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1266:2024-06-20
1231:References
1205:See also:
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1030:Wickesberg
1003:Vogelsholl
994:Tannenbaum
946:Scheideweg
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877:Niederdorp
868:Niederbeck
865:Mühlenberg
859:Mittelbeck
838:Kotthausen
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745:Großeichen
721:Erlensterz
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670:Bockhacken
655:Altenholte
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1521:Nümbrecht
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847:Maisdörpe
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685:Busenbach
676:Braßhagen
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562:Remscheid
488:Remscheid
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451:Geography
357:UTC+02:00
336:UTC+01:00
331:Time zone
301:Elevation
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191:51°8′42″N
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1516:Morsbach
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1009:Voßhagen
1006:Vormwald
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913:Odenholl
904:Oberdorp
898:Oberbeck
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709:Dürhagen
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652:Altenhof
539:Hukvaldy
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1082:Traffic
1051:Economy
949:Scheuer
943:Röttgen
925:Pixwaag
919:Pixberg
856:Mitberg
661:Berbeck
535:Bohemia
518:History
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472:Cologne
441:Germany
400:Website
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219:Country
1224:France
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730:Fürweg
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667:Bochen
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457:Wupper
317:14,770
247:Köln
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1039:Wüste
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230:State
1107:and
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934:Purd
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288:Area
281:Ind.
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468:dam
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