History
Around the year 700 Saint Willibrord founded the mission "Emmerich" in the Utrecht diocese. The oldest documented name is Villa Embrici, which survives from the year 828.
The collegiate church St. Martinikirche was constructed in 1040.
On May 31, 1233 Count Otto von Zutphen and Gelder arose to the royalty of the prosperous city with the authorization of the Roman Emperor Frederick II and the German King Henry (VII) Emmerich. Emmerich became a member of the Hanseatic League at the end of the 14th century.
In 1856 the railway section Oberhausen-Arnhem, of the Cologne-Mindener Railway was opened.
Emmerich was 91% destroyed on October 7, 1944 as a strategic bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II.
Since 1 February 2001 the city is called Emmerich am Rhein, until then it was called Emmerich.
On November 28, 2004 the four Catholic congregations of the city (St. Martini, St. Aldegundis, Heilig-Geist and Liebfrauen) combined to form the new city parish St. Christophorus.
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