Kettwig

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Kettwig is the southernmost borough of the city of Essen in western Germany and, until 1975, was a town in its own right. Kettwig is situated next to the Ruhr river, at a median height of 53 metres above sea level. It is the most recently incorporated borough of Essen and also the largest in area, at 15.3 km². It belongs to the city district Stadtbezirk IX Werden/Kettwig/Bredeney and has 17,760 inhabitants as of June 2006.^[1]

History

Kettwig's first mention was in a letter of Pope Innocent III to Heribert II of Werden dated May 19, 1199.^[2]

A bridge over the

. The northern parts of the Kettwig parish belonged to the abbey of , then was under Prussian administration again until 1929.

Kettwig gained town rights in 1857 and first belonged to the district of Duisburg, then to the district of Essen. In 1929, when the district of Essen was dissolved, Kettwig fell to the district Düsseldorf-Mettmann.

The part of Kettwig south of the Ruhr, Kettwig vor der Brücke, belonged to the earldom of Berg until 1814, then fell to the district of Düsseldorf until May 15, 1930 when it was merged with Kettwig. Oefte was merged from Heiligenhaus into Kettwig in April 1936.

On January 1, 1975, the district reform in the state of

. In 1996, a public quorum demanded Kettwig to be split off the city of Essen and to be merged back into the district of Mettmann, however, the state government decided not to change the status quo.

Sights

Thanks to not having any important major industries, Kettwig emerged from World War II largely unscathed and with most of its medieval old town still intact. The tower of the Market Church dates back to the 14th century, with additions from 1720. The Catholic Church St. Peter was christened in 1830. Other sights include Schloss Hugenpoet, which has been remodeled into a hotel, Schloss Oefte, and the Kattenturm, a 14th-century watchtower belonging to the former castle Luttelnau.

The Kettwig reservoir was built by the Ruhrverband between 1940 and 1950. It is the smallest of the five Ruhr reservoirs. It holds up to 1.42 million m³ of water and powers a hydroelectric power plant with a maximum output of 5.3 MW, built for and operated by RWE.

List of mayors

• 1813 - 1819 : Franz Arnold Alexander Freiherr von dem Bottlenberg gen. von Schirp
• 1819 - 1843 : Theodor Märcker
• 1843 - 1844 : Heinrich von Rosenthal
• 1844 - 1858 : Johann Wilhelm Kron
• 1859 - 1871 : Carl Zoensch
• 1871 - 1877 : Emil Phalke
• 1877 - 1884 : Carl Haverkamp
• 1885 - 1902 : Karl Eduard Göring
• 1902 - 1905 : Friedrich Bleek
• 1906 - 1910 : Alexander Bleymüller
• 1910 - 1914 : Wilhelm Thiemann
• 1917 - 1931 : Andreas Hopmann
• 1931 - 1933 : Friedrich Ulrich
• 1933 - 1940 : Wilhelm Klemm
• 1940 : Hans Karl Wernicke
• 1940 - 1941 : Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Messerschmidt
• 1942 - 1943 : Hans Karl Wernicke
• 1943 - 1945 : Fritz Dietzel
• 1946 - 1949 : Lambert Soesters
• 1949 - 1952 : Heinrich Berns
• 1952 - 1953 : Peter Stürznickel
• 1953 - 1954 : Heinrich Körner
• 1954 - 1960 : Wilhelm Kemper
• 1960 - 1961 : Albert Fiedler
• 1961 - 1964 : Georg Schriever
• 1964 - 1974 : Albert Fiedler

Transport

Kettwig is situated near the

, but these have been closed in the 1960s.

Local bus lines within

. Bus line 151 connects Kettwig to Mülheim on the right hand river side via the Kettwig swimming pool and Mülheim-Menden and line 134 connects Kettwig to Mülheim on the left hand river side via Mülheim-Mintard and Mülheim-Saarn. The Rheinbahn now operates the former Bahnbus lines to Velbert and Heiligenhaus.

Trivia

Due to being integrated into Essen relatively recently, there are a few quirks associated with Kettwig:

• The telephone
  dialling code
  is 02054, despite the rest of Essen having the 0201 code.
• The railway stations have not been prefixed with Essen-, as has been the case with all other stations in Essen.
• Kettwig belongs to the
  diocese of Cologne
  , which results in the Ruhr diocese not profiting from Kettwig church taxes.
• The Protestant population (about 58%) likewise belongs to the church parish of Mülheim an der Ruhr.

References

External links

• Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Kettwig e.V.
• Stadt Essen - Stadtteilportrait Kettwig Archived 2019-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• photos of Kettwig

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