Place:Krefeld, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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NameKrefeld
Alt namesCrefeldsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VII, 3
Geldubasource: GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 12958; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 347
Krefeld-Gellupsource: ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Krefeld-Uerdingensource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 629
TypeIndependent City
Coordinates51.333°N 6.567°E
Located inDüsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany     (1200 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Krefeld, also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), 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).

Krefeld's residents now speak , or standard German, but the native dialect is a Low Franconian variety, sometimes locally called , , , or sometimes simply . The Uerdingen line isogloss, separating general dialectical areas in Germany and neighboring Germanic-speaking countries, runs through and is named after Krefeld's Uerdingen district, originally an independent municipality.

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Historical population of Krefeld

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Year Population
1604 350
1722 1,499
1787 7,896
1830 18,511
1871 57,105
1875 ¹ 62,905
1880 73,872
1 December 1890 ¹ 105,376
2 December 1895 ¹ 107,245
1 December 1900 ¹ 106,928
1 December 1905 ¹ 110,344
1 December 1910 ¹ 129,406
8 October 1919 ¹ 124,325
Year Population
16 June 1925 ¹ 131,098
16 June 1933 ¹ 165,305
17 May 1939 ¹ 170,968
13 September 1950 ¹ 171,875
6 June 1961 ¹ 213,104
31 December 1970 222,700
30 June 1975 230,500
30 June 1980 223,400
30 June 1985 217,000
1 January 1989 235,423
30 June 1997 246,800
31 December 2003 238,565
31 December 2007 240,648

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Largest migrant communities in Krefeld by 31.12.2017 are :

7,805
4,510
2,610
2,530
2,225
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