Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic

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: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German

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on the western bank of the

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, close to

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. Moers belongs to the district of

Wesel Wesel () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district. Geography Wesel is situated at the confluence of the Lippe River and the Rhine. Division of the city Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighove ...

History

Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moers was an independent principality within the

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. During the

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it was alternately captured by Spanish and Dutch troops, as it bordered the Upper Quarter of

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. During the war it finally fell to

Maurice of Orange Maurice of Orange ( nl, Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was ''stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince o ...

. As it was separated from the

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it did not become an integral part of the Republic, though Dutch troops were stationed there. After the death of

William III of Orange William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the ...

in 1702, Moers was inherited by the king of

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. All Dutch troops and civil servants were expelled. In 1795 it was annexed by France. At the

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, in 1815 it was returned to Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the

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. A target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, the ''Steinkohlenbergwerke'' ( en, coal mine) ''Rheinpreussen'' synthetic oil plant in Moers, was partially dismantled

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Mayors

*1815–1820: Wilhelm Urbach *1822–1830: von Nievenheim *1830–1850: Friedrich Adolf Vinmann *1850–1859: Karl von Strampff *1860–1864: Gottlieb Meumann *1864–1897: Gustav Kautz *1898–1910: August Craemer *1910–1915: Richard Glum *1917–1937: Fritz Eckert *1937–1941: Fritz Grüttgen *1943–1945: Peter Linden *1945–1946: Otto Maiweg *1946: Karl Peschken *1946–1952: Wilhelm Müller *1952–1977: Albin Neuse (

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

) *1977–1999: Wilhelm Brunswick (

) *1999–2004: Rafael Hofmann ( CDU) *2004–2014: Norbert Ballhaus (

) *2014–: Christoph Fleischhauer ( CDU)

Sports

In 1985, the Moers Sports Club (volleyball) was formed, winning the 1989

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

championship.

Notable people

Gerhard Tersteegen Gerhard Tersteegen (25 November 1697 – 3 April 1769), was a German Reformed religious writer and hymnist. Life Tersteegen was born in Moers, at that time the principal city of a county belonging to the House of Orange-Nassau that formed a Pro ...

(1697–1769), lay preacher, mystic and poet *

Georg Perthes Georg Clemens Perthes (17 January 1869 – 3 January 1927) was a German surgeon and X-ray diagnostic pioneer. Biography Perthes was born in Moers, Germany. In 1891 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Bonn, and later was a sur ...

(1869–1927), surgeon and radiologist (

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) *

Anna Erler-Schnaudt Anna Erler-Schnaudt (11 March 1878 – 30 April 1963) was a German contralto and voice teacher. She performed in the premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony and taught at the Folkwangschule. Career Anna Schnaudt was born in Moers. She studied voi ...

(1878–1963), contralto *

Hans Dammers Hans Dammers (8 August 1913 – 17 March 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 113 aerial victories claimed in an unknown number of combat missions. During his numerous ground ...

(1913–1944), Luftwaffe ace *

Walter Niephaus Walter Niephaus (March 30, 1923 – November 2, 1992, Andernach) was a German chess master. Biography Born in Mörs am Niederrhein (now Moers), he won Frankfurt City Championship in March 1942, won ahead of Fritz Sämisch and Ludwig Rellstab at ...

(1923–1992), chess master *

Hanns Dieter Hüsch Hanns Dieter Hüsch (6 May 1925, in Moers – 6 December 2005, in Windeck-Werfen) was a German people, German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator. With a working life of more than 53 years on the German cabaret stage a ...

(1925–2005), comedian, writer *

Hubert Hahne Hubert Hahne (28 March 1935 – 24 April 2019) was a racing driver from Germany. He was the older brother of Armin Hahne, as well as the uncle of Jörg van Ommen. Career He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, two of ...

(1935–2019), race car driver *

Herman Weigel Herman Weigel (born 22 March 1950 in Moers) is a German film producer and screenwriter. He is one of the writers and producer of the television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a tele ...

(born 1950), film producer and screenwriter *

Jürgen Renn Jürgen Renn (born 11 July 1956 in Moers, West Germany) is a German historian of science, and since 1994 Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Short biography Renn studied physics at the Free University of Be ...

(born 1956), physicist and historian of science * Helga Trüpel (born 1958), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) *

Jörg van Ommen Jörg Van Ommen (born 27 September 1962 in Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German racing driver. He drove for Mercedes-AMG in the DTM in 1995 and 1996, finishing in second place in 1995 in a Mercedes C-Class. He also is the nephew o ...

(born 1962), race car driver *

Katja Nass Katja Nass (born 26 November 1968) is a German former fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team épée events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and als ...

(born 1968), fencer * Stephan Paßlack (born 1970), footballer *

Christian Ehrhoff Christian Ehrhoff (born 6 July 1982) is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman. In 2018, he won silver at the Winter Olympics. He played more than 800 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and more than 300 in the Deutsche Eisho ...

(born 1982), ice hockey player * Timo Weß (born 1982), field hockey player * Benjamin Weß (born 1985), field hockey player *

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(born 1954), first

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(1995–2001 * Yannik Folgmann (born 2005), SCP:SL Pro, Father, Daddy of Arndt van Huet

Politics

Mayor

The current mayor of Moers is Christoph Fleischhauer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate ! rowspan=2, Party ! colspan=2, First round ! colspan=2, Second round , - ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christoph Fleischhauer , align=left, Christian Democratic Union , 15,313 , 38.4 , 17,457 , 57.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Ibrahim Yetim , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, 12,208 , 30.6 , 12,679 , 42.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Diana Finkele , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

, 4,534 , 11.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Torsten Gerlach , align=left,

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, 4,350 , 10.9 , - , , align=left, Claus Küster , align=left, Die Grafschafter , 1,518 , 3.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Dino Maas , align=left, Free Democratic Party , 1,238 , 3.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Markus Helmich , align=left,

, 706 , 1.8 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 39,867 ! 98.6 ! 30,136 ! 99.3 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 553 ! 1.4 ! 214 ! 0.7 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 40,420 ! 100.0 ! 30,350 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,950 ! 49.9 ! 80,906 ! 37.5 , - , colspan=7, Source: City of Moers
1st round

City council

The Moers city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 12,431 , 31.3 , 3.2 , 17 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 11,593 , 29.2 , 8.5 , 16 , 4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(Grüne) , 6,563 , 16.5 , 7.5 , 9 , 4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...

(AfD) , 2,548 , 6.4 , New , 3 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 1,860 , 4.7 , 0.3 , 2 , 1 , - , , align=left, Die Grafschafter (Graf) , 1,544 , 3.9 , 2.9 , 2 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazi ...

, 1,302 , 3.3 , New , 2 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 1,125 , 2.8 , 3.5 , 2 , 1 , - , , align=left, Free Citizens' List Moers (FBM) , 733 , 1.9 , New , 1 , New , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 39,699 ! 98.2 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 710 ! 1.8 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 40,409 ! 100.0 ! ! 54 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 80,950 ! 49.9 ! ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
City of Moers

Twin towns – sister cities

Moers is twinned with: *

Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Maisons-Alfort is famous as the location of the National Veterinary School of Alfort. The Fort de Charenton, constructed betw ...

, France (1966) *

Bapaume Bapaume (original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The inhabitants of this commune are known as ''Bapalmois'' or ''Bapalmoises''. Geography Bapaume is a far ...

, France (1974) * Knowsley, England, United Kingdom (1980) *

Ramla Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations. The city was f ...

, Israel (1987) * La Trinidad, Nicaragua (1989) *

Seelow Seelow () is a German town, seat of the Märkisch-Oderland, a district of Brandenburg. As of 2013 its population was of 5,464. Geography It is situated in the extreme east of Germany, 70 km (40 miles) east of Berlin, 16 km (10 miles) wes ...

, Germany (1990) * Stazzema, Italy (2019)

References

External links

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Tourism and culture. Personal guide to the city of Moers
{{Authority control Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia Oil campaign of World War II Populated places on the Rhine Wesel (district) Districts of the Rhine Province