Nettetal

Geschichte

Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.GeographyNettetal is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked-out gravel pits that now form twelve lakes. It is situated on the border with the Netherlands, approximately 20 km north-west from Mönchengladbach and 10 km south-east from Venlo.Division of the townNettetal consists of the following parts : Lobberich Kaldenkirchen Breyell Hinsbeck Leuth Schaag The main town of Nettetal is Lobberich, which owes its past wealth from the local German lace industries which developed greatly before the First World War, and the town has an impressive late Victorian Church. During the Second World War the older Church was pierced by an American high-explosive shell, the crater of which can still be seen in the wall.LakesNettetal features a high number of lakesAt the river Nette: Kleiner Breyeller See c. 5.3 ha Großer Breyeller See c. 9.2 ha Nettebruch c. 13.2 ha Windmühlenbruch c. 6 ha Ferkensbruch c. 4.5 ha Kleiner de Wittsee c. 4.5 ha Großer de Wittsee c. 22.5 ha Schrolik c. 15.5 ha Poelvennsee c. 24.5 ha At the river Renne: Hinsbecker Bruch c. 37.5 ha Glabbacher Bruch c. 36 ha At the river Königsbach: Kälberweide c. 5 ha