Everything about Herzogenrath totally explained
Herzogenrath is a municipality in the
district of Aachen in the
German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia. It borders to the
Dutch town of
Kerkrade, the national border in one section running along the middle of a main road.
History
Herzogenrath began as a settlement, called
Rode, near the river
Wurm in the 11th century. In 1104
Augustinian monks founded an abbey, called
Kloosterrade, to the west of this settlement.
It became
's-Hertogenrode or
's-Hertogenrade (Dutch:
the Duke's Rode) after the
duchy of Brabant took control over the region; in French it was called
Rolduc (Rode-le-Duc).
As is the case for many parts of
Limburg, Herzogenrath changed hands several times in the last few centuries. Together with the (other)
Southern Netherlands it was under
Spanish control from 1661,
Austrian between 1713 and 1795 and
French between 1795 and 1813. In
1815, when the
kingdom of the Netherlands was formed (see
Vienna Congress), the border was drawn through the town, the eastern part being Prussian Herzogenrath, the western part being Dutch Kerkrade. The former abbey is now the
Rolduc Congress Center in Kerkrade.
Economy
Until the 1950s, Herzogenrath's economy was dominated by
coal mines and a nearby coking plant. While some remains of the mining industry are still forming parts of the landscape (overgrown
slag heaps), today's Herzogenrath has moved into other industries. Large scale employers include
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex (textile glass) and
Ericsson Eurolab (electronics). The city hosts a number of electronics start-ups, profiting from the neighbouring Technical University
RWTH Aachen.
Further Information
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