Krefeld (deu)

Krefeld

Krefeld ranks 821st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Windsor, Ontario, Pesaro, and Roskilde. Memorable people born in Krefeld include Joseph Beuys, Ralf Hütter, and Marta Hillers. Memorable people who died in Krefeld include Heinz Harmel, Rudolf Schmidt, and Alfred Wünnenberg. Krefeld has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and athletes and the death place of many military personnels, and soccer players. Krefeld is located in Germany.

Krefeld, also spelled Crefeld until 1925, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its center lying just a few kilometers to the west of the river Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine. Because of its economic past, Krefeld is often referred to as the "Velvet and Silk City". It is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne–Nijmegen) and A44 (Aachen–Düsseldorf–Dortmund–Kassel). Read more on Wikipedia