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Gummersbach (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʊmɐsˌbax] ) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Cologne.




History


In 1109 Gummersbach was mentioned in official documents for the first time. The document in question concerned the lowering of the episcopal tax for the church in Gummersbach by Archbishop Frederick I. At that time the name of the town was spelled as Gumeresbracht. In 1855 Gummersbach's industrial history began with the foundation of the company Steinmüller. With the company's success the little village began to grow to a town. Gummersbach received town privileges in 1857. For decades to come many inhabitants found work at Steinmüller. In 2002 the new parent company Babcock Borsig AG went out of business and so Steinmüller was shut down, too. After most of the premises were no longer in use, the town bought the property in order to develop it. The premises played a key role for the municipality, as it made up half of the downtown area by then. In the following years, among other things, an arena, a shopping mall and a new university campus were built.




The coat of arms


The arms were granted on July 27, 1892. Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large town during the early 19th century, due to the metal and textile industry. The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287.




Communities, localities and villages



Apfelbaum – Becke – Berghausen – Bernberg – Birnbaum – Börnchen – Bracht – Bredenbruch – Brink – Bruch – Brunohl – Berghausen – Deitenbach – Derschlag – Dieringhausen – Drieberhausen – Dümmlinghausen – Elbach – Erbland – Erlenhagen – Flaberg – Frömmersbach – Grünenthal – Gummeroth – Hardt – Hardt-Hanfgarten – Helberg – Herreshagen – Hesselbach – Höfen -Hömel – Hülsenbusch – Hunstig – Kalkuhl – Karlskamp – Koverstein – Lantenbach – Lieberhausen – Liefenroth – Lobscheid – Lützinghausen – Luttersiefen – Mühle – Neuenhaus – Neuenschmiede – Niedergelpe – Niedernhagen – Niederseßmar – Nochen – Oberrengse – Ohmig -Peisel – Piene – Rebbelroth – Recklinghausen – Reininghausen – Remmelsohl – Rodt – Rospe – Schneppsiefen – Schönenberg – Schusterburg – Sonnenberg – Steinenbrück – Straße – Strombach – Unnenberg – Veste – Vollmerhausen – Waldesruh – Wasserfuhr – Windhagen – Wörde – Würden




Main sights


The Vogteihaus, former residence of the Vogt, built in 1700. It is also referred to as die Burg ("the castle"), and lies in the town center, on the Kaiserstraße.
The Bunte Kerke ("colorful church") in the village Lieberhausen, a Protestant church with medieval wall paintings.
The Protestant church of the village Hülsenbusch, rebuilt in the 18th century after a fire, in Baroque style.




Transport


Gummersbach is connected by regional trains to Cologne and Lüdenscheid, where a direct connection to Hagen and Dortmund exists. Trains heading towards Cologne run every 30 minutes during the week and continue every 60 minutes to Lüdenscheid. Besides the station in downtown, there is another station in the district of Dieringhausen.
South of Gummersbach runs the A 4 motorway from Cologne to Olpe. In the north-east the A 45 motorway, which stretches from Dortmund to Frankfurt, connects to Gummersbach via the exit of Meinerzhagen.




Education


Communal elementary schools in the towncentre and the districts Becke, Bernberg, Derschlag, Dieringhausen, Hülsenbusch, Niederseßmar, Steinenbrück and Windhagen
Jakob Moreno school, school for learning-disabled children
Town secondary school Gummersbach-Hepel, http://www.rs-hepel.de/
Town secondary school Gummersbach-Steinberg
Town high school – Lindengymnasium, http://www.lindengymnasium.de/
Occupational lecture Gummersbach
Business school Gummersbach
Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Science, https://www.th-koeln.de/informatik-und-ingenieurwissenschaften/
Educational center for technology and economy
Music school Gummersbach e.V.
Town comprehensive school, http://gesamtschulegm.de
Waldorf School Oberberg, http://fws-oberberg.de




Twin towns – sister cities



Gummersbach is twinned with:

Afantou, Greece (2001)
Burg, Germany (1990)
La Roche-sur-Yon, France (1968)




Sport


The men's team VfL Gummersbach was one of the most successful handball teams of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s.




Notable people


Heiner Brand (born 1952), former handball player and former coach of the handball national team
Afu Thomas (Thomas Derksen), German internet celebrity in China
Jürgen Domian, tv and radio show host
Harald Fischer, doctor killed in Palestine on November 15, 2000
Wolfgang Karius, conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
Hella von Sinnen, TV personality
Jan Sosniok, movie actor
Adele Bloesch-Stöcker, Swiss-German violinist and composer
Fritz Eschmann, former district administrator and member of the German parliament of SPD
Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), well known philosopher
Rebekka Habermas (1959–2023), historian




References






External links



Official website (in German and English)
Marksteine Gummersbacher Geschichte A survey about the most important historical events
City of Gummersbach: Coat of Arms and Notes of the History of Gummersbach (in German)
Steinmüllergelände – official website of the city development project Steinmüller terrain

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Marienheide
• Ahdi Muqsith
• Daftar kota di Jerman
• Jürgen Habermas
• Firliana Purwanti
• Wolfgang Grönebaum
• Oberbergischer Kreis (distrik)
• Handball-Bundesliga 2022–2023
• Daftar Kreis di Jerman
• Daftar landkreis di Jerman
• Gummersbach
• VfL Gummersbach
• Gummersbach station
• EHF Champions League
• Handball-Bundesliga
• Gummersbach-Dieringhausen station
• Bergneustadt
• Cologne University of Applied Sciences
• Birnbaum
• Denklingen (Reichshof)