Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...

on the western bank of the

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, close to

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 ...

. 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, Obrigh ...

History

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

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...

. During the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Re ...

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

Guelders The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...

. 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

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands ( Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...

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Upper Guelders {{unreferenced, date=November 2011 Upper Guelders or Spanish Guelders was one of the four quarters in the Imperial Duchy of Guelders. In the Dutch Revolt, it was the only quarter that did not secede from the Habsburg monarchy to become part of t ...

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 fro ...

in 1702, Moers was inherited by the king of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

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

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

, in 1815 it was returned to Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire. 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) *1977–1999: Wilhelm Brunswick ( SPD) *1999–2004: Rafael Hofmann ( CDU) *2004–2014: Norbert Ballhaus ( SPD) *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 footbal ...

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 Pr ...

(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 ...

(1869–1927), surgeon and radiologist ( Perthes disease) *

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 (1913–1944), Luftwaffe ace * Walter Niephaus (1923–1992), chess master *

Hanns Dieter Hüsch Hanns Dieter Hüsch (6 May 1925, in Moers – 6 December 2005, in Windeck-Werfen) was a German author, cabaret artist, actor, songwriter and radio commentator. With a working life of more than 53 years on the German cabaret stage and 70 of his o ...

(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 o ...

(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 B ...

(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 ...

(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 (born 1982), ice hockey player *

Timo Weß Timo Weß (born 2 July 1982) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was born in ...

(born 1982), field hockey player *

Benjamin Weß Benjamin Weß (also spelled Wess; born 28 July 1985 in Moers) is a field hockey player from Germany and the younger brother of Timo Weß. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2 ...

(born 1985), field hockey player * Regina Abelt (born 1954), first First Lady of Ethiopia (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 Fo ...

, 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 political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

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

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

, 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 Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism. Current parties with that name include: *Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...

, 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 ...

(AfD) , 2,548 , 6.4 , New , 3 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(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 magazin ...

, 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 Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

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 ...

, Israel (1987) * La Trinidad, Nicaragua (1989) * Seelow, Germany (1990) *

Stazzema Stazzema is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northwest of Florence and about northwest of Lucca. History During World War II, the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema was the site o ...

, 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