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Wuelfrath
Located within the administrative district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westfalia, Wuelfrath's surface area covers about 32 square kilometres and borders on Velbert, Wuppertal, Mettmann and Heiligenhaus.
The towns origin reaches probably back into the early 8th century. The town of today approx. 22.000 inhabitants was according to legend founded by 'Wolf', a settler cast out from his clan for some unknown crime. Wolf wandered the Great Imperial Forest - which covered most of todays 'Bergisches Land' those days - for some time on his own until he finally started to make a clearing at the spot of Wuelfraths future city centre and settled down. As one of the first settlements in this forest, the spot attracted other adventurers and soon the former wilderness was to become as 'Wolverothe' a flourishing haven in the Great Imperial Forest.
Today the city's coat of arms from1938 reminds of the founder in a unique way as a real 'wolf' being stapped by a shepard with a staff, symbolizing the victory over evil.
Despite its vicinity to the big cities of Duesseldorf and Wuppertal Wuelfrath was able to preserve some places with rural charme and appeal. A good example for the city's endeavours to stay authentic is the medieval-style churchyard with its picturesque roman church from the 11th century Part of this yard has fallen victim to major fires thrice, in 1578, 1679 and 2001, destroying some of the oldest buildings.
The city's main industry is limestone. The excavation of this precious ressource has been shaping the surrounding area and nature since the late 19th century, leaving renatured quarrys all around Wuelfrath as well as stone pits and excavation sites still in operation today. The Rheinkalk company is from time to time opening the biggest quarry in Europe to the public allowing for an insight into earth's geology of the last millions of years.
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