Nettetal

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Nettetal

Location of Nettetal within Viersen district

Coordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°ECoordinates: 51°19′N 6°17′E / 51.317°N 6.283°E

Country

Germany

State

North Rhine-Westphalia

Government

• Mayor

Christian Wagner (CDU)

Area

• Total

83.64 km² (32.29 sq mi)

Elevation

40 m (130 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

41,964

• Density

500/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Postal codes

41334

Dialling codes

0 21 53, 0 21 57, 0 21 58

Vehicle registration

VIE

Website

www.nettetal.de

Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Nettetal is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked-out gravel pits that now form twelve lakes. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approximately 20 km north-west from Mönchengladbach and 10 km south-east from Venlo.

Nettetal consists of the following parts (2005 population in brackets):

The main town of Nettetal is Lobberich, which owes its past wealth from the local German lace industries which developed greatly before the First World War, and the town has an impressive late Victorian Church. During the Second World War the older Church was pierced by an American high-explosive shell, the crater of which can still be seen in the wall.

Nettetal features a high number of lakes

At the river Nette:

At the river Renne:

At the river Königsbach:

Nettetal is twinned with:

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