Voerde

Coat of arms

Voerde

Location of Voerde within Wesel district

Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 06°41′0″E / 51.60000°N 6.68333°ECoordinates: 51°36′00″N 06°41′0″E / 51.60000°N 6.68333°E

Country

Germany

State

North Rhine-Westphalia

Government

• Mayor

Dirk Haarmann (SPD)

Area

• Total

53.49 km² (20.65 sq mi)

Elevation

26 m (85 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

36,675

• Density

690/km² (1,800/sq mi)

Time zone

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Postal codes

46562

Dialling codes

02855, 0281 (Friedrichsfeld)

Vehicle registration

WES

Website

www.voerde.de

Voerde is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.

According to art. 1(3) of the Main Charter of the town the municipal area is divided into the 11 quarters of Götterswickerhamm, Löhnen, Mehrum, Möllen, Voerde, Stockum, Holthausen, Friedrichsfeld, Emmelsum, Spellen and Ork. These quarters are, however, not localities in the sense of art. 39 of the North-Rhine Westphalian Municipal Code (GO NW).

Voerde owes its name to a ford crossing a branch of the River Rhine, which existed there during Roman and Frankish times (the old spelling for Furt was "Fuerdt"). In 1244 the town was mentioned in records for the first time as a fiefdom and castle of the abbey of Werden.

Voerde is twinned with:

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