Moers

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Moers
Moers
	Moers Castle (2014)
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Moers
	Location of Moers within Wesel district
	Coordinates: 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E / 51.45917°N 6.61972°ECoordinates: 51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E / 51.45917°N 6.61972°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Düsseldorf
District	Wesel
Government
• Mayor	Christoph Fleischhauer (CDU)
Area
• Total	67.68 km2 (26.13 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	103,108
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	47441 - 47447
Dialling codes	0 28 41
Vehicle registration	MO (alternative: WES or DIN)
Website	www.moers.de

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

Moers (German pronunciation: [ˈmœʁs] ( listen); older form: Mörs; archaic Dutch: Murse, Murs or Meurs^[2]) is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel.

History[edit]

The County of Moers in 1635

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 it 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 (English: coal mine) Rheinpreussen synthetic oil plant in Moers,^[3] was partially dismantled post-war.^[4]