Waldniel is a village, part of the municipality
Schwalmtal in the district
Viersen
Viersen (; ) is the capital of the Viersen (district), district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has 11,750 inhabitants (December 2020).
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History
The first humans lived at the location of the modern Waldniel in the Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
(2000 v. Chr.)[
] In 1020, this place was first mentioned in a document.
Geography
The Kranenbach flows through Waldniel.
Notable residents
* Albin Windhausen (1863–1946), painter
* Josef Windhausen (1888–1946), local politician ( CDU)
* Heinz Küppenbender (1901–1989), manager
* Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber (1907–1975), sculptor, painter and draughtsman
* Ernst van Aaken (1910–1984), sports physician and trainer
* Rudi Fuesers (1928–2010), trombonist
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of modern jazz
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* Herbert Dörenberg
Herbert Dörenberg (born 27 August 1945) is a retired Germany, German football midfielder and later manager.
References
1945 births
Living people
German men's footballers
SC Opel Rüsselsheim players
SV Darmstadt 98 players
VfR Bürsta ...
(born 1945), football coach and former professional footballer
* Stefan Berger
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(born 1969), Member of Parliament, Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
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* Bernhard Rösler
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Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
* Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...
(1906–1973), entrepreneur, honorary citizen of the municipality of Schwalmtal (1972)
* Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt (born 1979), actor and presenter (grew up in Waldniel)
* Karl Oelers (1913–1971), manufacturer
References
Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
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