![DEU_Meiderich_COA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/DEU_Meiderich_COA.png)
Meiderich is a quarter of the city of
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...
. It is divided into Unter-, Mittel- and Obermeiderich.
Meiderich belongs to the city district Meiderich/Beeck, which started in 1975, during the course of municipal reorganization. On 31 December 2004, 75,000 people lived in the district. Meiderich/Beeck has seven quarters: Beeck,
Beeckerwerth, Bruckhausen, Laar, Mittel-, Ober- and Untermeiderich.
Meiderich was first mentioned in the beginning of the 10th century as "Medriki", that means "moist area", in a document of the
Werden Abbey
Werden Abbey (german: Kloster Werden) was a Benedictine monastery in Essen-Werden (Germany), situated on the Ruhr.
The foundation of the abbey
Near Essen Saint Ludger founded a monastery in 799 and became its first abbot. The little church ...
. The first church was built in the 13th century. In the Middle Ages there was the village Meiderich surrounded by seven areas of accumulated farms: Berchum, Berg, Borkhofen, Dümpten, Lakum, Lösort and Vohwinkel. The association-football club MSV Duisburg, currently taking part in the third division ("Dritte Liga") in Germany is based in Meiderich; the club's name MSV is derived from "Meidericher Spielverein".
Public transport
![Stadtbahn-DU-meiderich](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Stadtbahn-DU-meiderich.jpg)
''Meiderich Bf.'' is a terminus station of
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, includ ...
(VRR) line U79, connecting Meiderich with
Duisburg Hbf and
Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte
Stadtmitte (meaning: ''city centre'') is an urban quarter in the central Borough 1 of Düsseldorf, Germany. Stadtmitte borders with Carlstadt, Pempelfort, Oberbilk and the old town of Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf-Altstadt. Stadtmitte has an are ...
.
Bibliography
* Heinrich Averdunk / Walter Ring: ''Geschichte der Stadt Duisburg''. Essen: Baedeker Verlag, 1927, S. 304 - 330
* Peter Cinka: ''Berühmte Meidericher Persönlichkeiten aus den letzten beiden Jahrhunderten''.Duisburg: Borath Verlag, 1997
* Günter von Roden: ''Geschichte der Stadt Duisburg. Bd. II: Die Ortsteile von den Anfängen. Die Gesamtstadt seit 1905''. Duisburg: Walter Braun Verlag, 1974, p. 124 - 184
External links
Website of the quarter
Duisburg
Former municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia
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