Rheurdt () is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately west of Moers.
History Rheurdt was first mentioned in a tax record in 1294 as "Rurde" or "Rorde", in the 14th century as Roirt, Roerdt, Reuerde, that resulted in today's name of "Rheurdt".
In 1969, during the first local government reorganization of North Rhine-Westphalia, the villages of Rheurdt and Schaephuysen were merged into the new municipality Rheurdt.
Geography Rheurdt lies left of the river Rhine in the Lower Rhine region. Rheurdt shares a border with Issum to the north, Kamp-Lintfort and Neukirchen-Vluyn to the east, Kempen to the south and Kerken to the West.
Population
Notable people
Hugo Hammans, Member of the German Bundestag from 1965 to 1980 Antje Schomaker, musician and songwriter Viktor Josef Dammertz, Benedictine monk and Bishop of the Diocese of Augsburg from 1992 to 2004 Hans-Jakob Tebarth, historian
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