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Krefeld

Krefeld ( KRAY-feld, -???felt, German: [??k??e??f??lt] ; Limburgish: Krie??vel [??k??i????v??l]), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of D??sseldorf, its center lying just a few kilometers to the west of the river Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine. Because of its economic past, Krefeld is often referred to as the "Velvet and Silk City". It is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne???Nijmegen) and A44 (Aachen???D??sseldorf???Dortmund???Kassel). Krefeld's residents now speak Hochdeutsch, or standard German, but the native...

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