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Uerdingen is a district of the City of Krefeld, with a population of 18,507, though Uerdingen received its charter as a city as early as 1255, well before Krefeld. History The origins of the town were in Roman times when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep Uerdingen was merged with Krefeld in 1929, after which the term “Krefeld-Uerdingen” was used, until, eventually, the use of the term “Uerdingen” fell away altogether. Until the reapportionment in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1975, Uerdingen, as a part of the City of Krefeld, had a fairly unique special status within Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the The former Rhine city had special rights and privileges. One sign of this can still be seen today in Krefeld’s city coat of arms (“Wappen”), which still has the Uerdinger arms in its right half. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people

The most important employers in Uerdingen, as well as in Krefeld, are the Bayer concern, which has its second largest plant in Uerdingen, and Lanxess (in 2004 most of the chemical and approximately a third of synthetics activities were spun off from Bayer AG), aside from the rail car manufacturer DUEWAG (today Siemens Transportation Systems). For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German LANXESS AG ( is a leading chemicals group with production sites and agencies all over the world a global player in the fields of chemicals plastics and rubber For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German The DUEWAG AG was one of Germany 's major manufacturers for rail vehicles Siemens Transportation Systems (STS is one of the business units of Siemens AG After the local “Uerdinger” brand of gin, Uerdinger is perhaps best known for its tradition-steeped soccer team F. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered C. Bayer 05 Uerdingen, now known as KFC Uerdingen 05. KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Geography

Uerdingen is bounded on its west by the Krefeld city districts of Bockum, Gartenstadt, and Elfrath; on the northwest by Traar; on the north by Duisburg-Rumeln-Kaldenhausen; and on the northeast by Hohenbudberg in the direction of Duisburg-Rheinhausen. To the east of Uerdingen, across the Rhine, lies Duisburg-Mündelheim, and on the south lies the Krefeld city district of Linn. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge The following article is largely a translation of portions of the German-language article on the German-language Wikipedia

Arms

The arms of Uerdingen show the keys of Saint Peter in gold upon a divided background, blue above and red below. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people In Ecclesiastical heraldry, the Papal coat of arms contain the keys of the office of St Blue and red are said to be the colors of Saint Peter, whereby blue would be said to represent heaven and red to symbolize hell. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering The colors of Uerdingen are likewise blue and red.

Language

A dialect of Low German is still spoken in Uerdingen, a variety known locally as “Oedingsch Platt,” oedingsch signifying “of Uerdingen” in the dialect, and “Platt” being a northern German term for the varieties of Low German in general. Low German or Low Saxon (in Germany: Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch; in Netherlands: Nedersaksisch or Nederduuts Oedisch Platt should not be confused with Krieewelsch Platt, the Krefeld Platt variety of Low German, as there are small, subtle differences between the two. The best known Uerdingen song in Platt is “Oeding blievt Oeding” (os Städtsch am Rhien) by Andreas Otto Kickers, sometimes considered to be the Uerdinger Hymn. The song describes life and history of the city and of its inhabitants. The “Rhienstädter” sing this at all occasions, and thereby cultivate the local Oedingsch Platt dialect a bit longer. At the northeastern edge of the city runs the isogloss known as the Uerdingen Line. An isogloss is the geographical boundary or delineation of a certain linguistic feature e The Uerdingen Line is the Isogloss within West Germanic languages that separates dialects which preserve the - k sound at the end of a word (north of the

Politics

Uerdingen voters after the second world war were overwhelmingly inclined towards the SPD, the Social Democratic Union. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including At both of the most recent municipal elections, however, the CDU, the Christian Democratic Union, received the most votes.

Uerdingen accounts for the largest part of the Bezirksvertretung Uerdingen (“District Representation of Uerdingen”), but the area of the electoral district reaches beyond Uerdingen proper.

District representation since 2004: Total, 15 seats / 100%

District manager: Elmar Jakubowski (CDU)

Economy

The economic life of Uerdingen is dominated by the large chemical plants of Bayer AG, which produce synthetics, pigments, and chemical feedstock here. For other uses see Bayer (disambiguation or Beyer or Buyer. Bayer AG (German ˈbaɪə () is a German Another important branch of local industry is the assembly of vehicles. The vehicle producer Uerdingen Waggonfabirk, founded in 1898, later a part of DUEWAG, produced here the “Uerdinger Schienenbus,” a type of light locomotive largely for passenger service on side rail lines. The DUEWAG AG was one of Germany 's major manufacturers for rail vehicles The plant today belongs to Siemens Transportation Systems. Siemens Transportation Systems (STS is one of the business units of Siemens AG The name “Waggonfabrik,” referring to the Uerdinger Waggonfabrik works, still comes up in everyday conversation among locals.

Religion

The Uerdingen population adheres largely to Roman Catholicism. There are at present three Catholic churches, as well as a Catholic church in Hohenbudberg and an Evangelical church, as well. EKD redirects here For the Basque political party see Democracia Cristiana Vasca.

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Coordinates: 51°21′N 6°39′E / 51.35, 6.65

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