Waldniel is a village, part of the municipality
Schwalmtal in the district
Viersen, 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 (2000 v. Chr.)[
] In 1020, this place was first mentioned in a document.
Geography
The Kranenbach
The Kranenbach is an orographically right-hand tributary of the Schwalm (Meuse), Schwalm in the Niederrhein (region), Lower Rhine county of Kreis Viersen, Viersen.
Its source is in the vicinity of Vennbachhof near Ungerath (in the municipality of ...
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 A draughtsman (British spelling) or draftsman (American spelling) may refer to:
* An architectural drafter, who produced architectural drawings until the late 20th century
* An artist who produces drawings that rival or surpass their other types ...
* Ernst van Aaken
Ernst van Aaken (16 May 1910, in Emmerich – 2 April 1984, in Schwalmtal-Waldniel) was a German sports physician and athletics trainer. Van Aaken became known as the ''"Running Doctor"'' and was the founder of the training method called the ''Wa ...
(1910–1984), sports physician and trainer
* Rudi Fuesers (1928–2010), trombonist of modern jazz
* Herbert Dörenberg
Herbert Dörenberg (born 27 August 1945) is a retired German football midfielder and later manager.
References
1945 births
Living people
German men's footballers
SC Opel Rüsselsheim players
SV Darmstadt 98 players
VfR Bürstadt pl ...
(born 1945), football coach and former professional footballer
* Stefan Berger
Stefan Berger (born 1964) is the Director of the Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and Chairman of the committee of the Library of the Ruhr Foundation. He is Professor of Social History at the Ruhr University. He sp ...
(born 1969), Member of Parliament, Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
* Bernhard Rösler (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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