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Kaarst
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital.
The climate of Germany is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity. Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Kaarst is a town in the district Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the city Neuss and east of Monchengladbach. Its population is 42,000. Before 100 BC, Before Christ Celts lived in the area. It describes that bishop Ludger walked from Budica through the forest of Hamrithi. Budica is the former name of Buttgen which now is a village belonging to the town Kaarst. Kaarst was mentioned for the first time as Karlesforst in the year 1218. Karl was a very common name for Frankish nobles.
In 1975, the villages Kaarst and Buttgen were united to the city Kaarst with now having 33,500 inhabitants. The 2004 communal elections certified Franz-Josef Moormann as the mayor of Kaarst with scoring 60 percents of the valid votes. With it he topped the results of the 1999 elections, where he took over the function as the mayor from Heinz Klever, held this function from 1974 until then.
Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace. Kaarst enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers.
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