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Mönchengladbach
Summary
Mönchengladbach (mœnçn̩ˈɡlatbax, Jlabbach jəˈlɑbɑx) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbach has comprised four (previously ten) boroughs which are subdivided into 44 districts.
The boroughs and their associated districts
Nord: Am Wasserturm, Dahl, Eicken, Gladbach, Hardt-Mitte, Hardter Wald, Ohler, Venn, Waldhausen, Westend, Windberg
Ost: Bettrath‐Hoven, Bungt, Flughafen, Giesenkirchen‐Mitte, Giesenkirchen‐Nord, Hardterbroich‐Pesch, Lürrip, Neuwerk‐Mitte, Schelsen, Uedding
Süd: Bonnenbroich‐Geneicken, Geistenbeck, Grenzland‐Stadion, Heyden, Hockstein, Mülfort, Odenkirchen‐Mitte, Odenkirchen‐West, Pongs, Rheydt, Sasserath, Schloss Rheydt, Schmölderpark, Schrievers
West: Hauptquartier, Hehn, Holt, Rheindahlen‐Land, Rheindahlen‐Mitte, Wanlo, Wickrath-Mitte, Wickrath‐West, Wickrathberg
The original name of the city was Gladbach, by which it is still often known today. To distinguish it from another town of the same name (the present Bergisch Gladbach), it took the name München-Gladbach in 1888. Between 1933 and 1950, it was written München Gladbach (short: M. Gladbach), without a hyphen. This spelling was seen as potentially misleading, as it could imply that Gladbach was a borough of Munich (München in German), so consequently the name was changed to Mönchen-Gladbach in 1950 (and subsequently Mönchengladbach in 1960) to avoid confusion.
The town was founded around Gladbach Abbey in 974. It was named after the Gladbach, a narrow brook which mostly runs underground today. The abbey and adjoining villages became a town in the 14th century. The town of Rheydt is located nearby and is incorporated into Mönchengladbach today.
The first settlements in the area of Mönchengladbach are approximately 300,000–400,000 years old and show remains of Homo erectus and Neanderthal. There are numerous cairns from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
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