Straelen
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_photo =Straelen, kerk vanaf centraal plein foto1 2010-05-05 18.10.JPG
|image_coa = DEU Straelen COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|51|27|00|N|06|16|00|E|format=dms|display=it}}
|image_plan = Straelen in KLE.svg
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region = Düsseldorf
|district = Kleve
|elevation = 35
|area = 74
|postal_code = 47638
|area_code = 02834 & 02839
|licence = KLE
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 54 052
|website = [https://www.straelen.de/ www.straelen.de]
|mayor = Bernd Kuse[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 21 June 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–25
|party =
}}
Straelen ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtʁaːlən}}; Low Rhenish: Strale) is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo.
Twinning : Bayon in Meurthe-et-Moselle (France), since 7 July 1963.
History
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{{flagicon image|Armoiries Gueldre.svg}} Duchy of Guelders 1339–1393
{{flagicon image|Arms of Flanders.svg}} Duchy of Jülich 1393–1423
{{flagicon image|Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg}} Duchy of Guelders 1423–1543
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Low Countries.svg}} Habsburg Netherlands 1543–1556
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Low Countries.svg}} Spanish Netherlands 1556–1632
{{flag|Dutch Republic}} 1632–1635
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Low Countries.svg}} Spanish Netherlands 1635–1713
{{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1750}} 1713–1794
{{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794-1815).svg}} French Republic 1794–1804
{{flagicon image|Flag of France (1794-1815).svg}} French Empire 1804–1814
{{flag|Kingdom of Prussia|1803}} 1815–1871
{{flag|German Empire}} 1871–1918
{{flag|Weimar Republic}} 1919–1933
{{flag|Nazi Germany}} 1933–1945
{{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}} 1945–1949
{{flag|West Germany}} 1949–1990
{{flag|Germany}} 1990–present
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Straelen was first mentioned in Latin as Strala in 1063.
File:Herongen, die Sankt Amanduskirche Dm7 foto5 2013-04-30 17.30.jpg
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References
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External links
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Kleve (district)}}
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