Moers

Moers (; older form: Mörs; Dutch: Murse, Murs or Meurs) is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel.

History

Template:Stack Known earliest from 1186, the county of Moers was an independent principality within the Holy Roman Empire.

During the Eighty Years' War it was alternately captured by Spanish and Dutch troops, as it bordered the Upper Quarter of Guelders. During the war it finally fell to Maurice of Orange. As it was separated from the Dutch Republic by Spanish Upper Guelders it did not become an integral part of the Republic, though Dutch troops were stationed there.

After the death of William III of Orange in 1702, Moers was inherited by the king of Prussia. All Dutch troops and civil servants were expelled.

In 1795 it was annexed by France. At the Congress of Vienna, 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 (Template:Langx) Rheinpreussen synthetic oil plant in Moers, was partially dismantled post-war.

Mayors

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The illuminated, 30 meters high mining lamp memorial by Otto Piene on the spoil tip Halde Rheinpreußen in the north of Moers during the blue hour

• 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)
• 2014–0000: Christoph Fleischhauer (CDU)

Sports

In 1985, the Moers Sports Club (volleyball) was formed, winning the 1989 Bundesliga championship.

Notable people

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Birthplace of Gerhard Tersteegen

• Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769), lay preacher, mystic and poet.
• Georg Perthes (1869–1927), surgeon and radiologist (Perthes disease)
• Anna Erler-Schnaudt (1878–1963), contralto
• Hans Dammers (1913–1944), Luftwaffe ace
• Walter Niephaus (1923–1992), chess master
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005), comedian, writer
• Hubert Hahne (1935–2019), racing driver
• Helmut Kelleners (born 1939), racing driver
• Herman Weigel (born 1950), film producer and screenwriter
• Armin Hahne (born 1955), racing driver
• Jürgen Renn (born 1956), physicist and historian of science
• Helga Trüpel (born 1958), politician (Alliance 90/The Greens)
• Jörg van Ommen (born 1962), racing driver
• Katja Nass (born 1968), fencer
• Stephan Paßlack (born 1970), footballer
• Christian Ehrhoff (born 1982), ice hockey player
• Timo Weß (born 1982), field hockey player
• Benjamin Weß (born 1985), field hockey player
• Regina Abelt (born 1954), first First Lady of Ethiopia (1995–2001)

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:

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Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Christoph Fleischhauer	Christian Democratic Union	15,313	38.4	17,457	57.9
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Ibrahim Yetim	Social Democratic Party	12,208	30.6	12,679	42.1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Diana Finkele	Alliance 90/The Greens	4,534	11.4
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Torsten Gerlach	Independent	4,350	10.9
	Claus Küster	Die Grafschafter	1,518	3.8
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Dino Maas	Free Democratic Party	1,238	3.1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Markus Helmich	Independent	706	1.8
Valid votes			39,867	98.6	30,136	99.3
Invalid votes			553	1.4	214	0.7
Total			40,420	100.0	30,350	100.0
Electorate/voter turnout			80,950	49.9	80,906	37.5
Source: City of Moers (1st round, 2nd round)

City council

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Results of the 2020 city council election.

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:

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Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	12,431	31.3	Decrease 3.2	17	Decrease 2
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	11,593	29.2	Decrease 8.5	16	Decrease 4
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	6,563	16.5	Increase 7.5	9	Increase 4
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	2,548	6.4	New	3	New
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	1,860	4.7	Decrease 0.3	2	Decrease 1
	Die Grafschafter (Graf)	1,544	3.9	Decrease 2.9	2	Decrease 2
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Die PARTEI	1,302	3.3	New	2	New
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	The Left (Die Linke)	1,125	2.8	Decrease 3.5	2	Decrease 1
	Free Citizens' List Moers (FBM)	733	1.9	New	1	New
Valid votes		39,699	98.2
Invalid votes		710	1.8
Total		40,409	100.0		54	±0
Electorate/voter turnout		80,950	49.9
Source: City of Moers

Twin towns – sister cities

Moers is twinned with: Template:Div col

• Template:Flagicon Maisons-Alfort, France (1966)
• Template:Flagicon Bapaume, France (1974)
• Template:Flagicon Knowsley, England, United Kingdom (1980)
• Template:Flagicon Ramla, Israel (1987)
• Template:Flagicon La Trinidad, Nicaragua (1989)
• Template:Flagicon Seelow, Germany (1990)
• Template:Flagicon Stazzema, Italy (2019)

See also

• Moers Festival
• Burma-Shave, which awarded a trip to Moers in a 1955 promotion

External links

• Template:Official website Template:In lang
• Tourism and culture. Personal guide to the city of Moers