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Saint Martin Church
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Location of Kaarst within Rhein-Kreis Neuss district
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| Coordinates: 51°13′N 06°37′E / 51.217°N 6.617°ECoordinates: 51°13′N 06°37′E / 51.217°N 6.617°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | |
| District | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Dr. Ulrike Nienhaus (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 37.48 km2 (14.47 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 43,286 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 41564 | |
| Dialling codes | 02131 | |
| Vehicle registration | NE | |
| Website | www |
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Kaarst is a town in the district Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Kaarst is located west of the city Neuss (5 km) and east of Mönchengladbach (12 km).
Kaarst consists of 5 subdivisions
Before 100 BC Celts lived in the area. Later the Franks came into this area as graves from the 7th century prove. The first written document is the Life of the first bishop of Münster. It describes how bishop Ludger walked from Budica, now Büttgen, through the forest of Hamrithi. Kaarst was mentioned for the first time as 'Karlesforst' in the year 1218. Karl was a very common name for frankish nobles including king Charlemagne ('Karl der Große'), but a link between Charlemagne and Kaarst has not been proven.
Kaarst and Büttgen both have churches built in the 12th century. Both villages were destroyed by Charles the Bold duke of Burgundy (Karl der Kühne, 1474–1475), in the Cologne War (1585 to 1586) and in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Jan van Werth, a celebrated general during the Thirty Years' War, was born near Büttgen in 1591.
During the Thirty Years' War, Kaarst was attacked several times by hostile armies, e.g. the one of Northern-Hesse (Northern-Hesse collaborated with Sweden and France, whereas the southern part of Hesse did not). Some time in 1642, a Hessian troop entered the city murdering the local preacher and destroying the vicarage. From 1794 till 1814 Kaarst was in the area occupied by France under Napoleon I. The French redrew district boundaries in 1798 and assigned Kaarst to Kanton Neuss. A relic of Napoleon I is the Nordkanal, a canal to connect the rivers Maas and Rhine.
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