Mönchengladbach - Mönchengladbach (English spelling)

Japanese: メンヘングラートバハ - めんへんぐらーとばは(英語表記)Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach - Mönchengladbach (English spelling)

A city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. Population 263,000 (2000). Located across the Rhine, about 30 km west of Düsseldorf, near the border with the Netherlands. One of Germany's largest textile cities. Since the Middle Ages, it has been known for flax cultivation and the linen weaving industry, but in the 18th century the cotton industry was added, and later the silk and rayon industries and the clothing industry. Related machinery industries, iron and metal processing industries, and wholesalers are located here. It is a transportation hub on the left bank of the Rhine, and is also the commercial and educational center of the left bank region. It is home to the secretariats of over 50 economic organizations.

[Saito Mitsunori]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ドイツ西部、ノルトライン・ウェストファーレン州の都市。人口26万3000(2000)。ライン川を隔ててデュッセルドルフの約30キロメートル西方、オランダとの国境近くに位置する。ドイツ最大級の繊維工業都市。中世以来、亜麻(あま)栽培と麻織物工業で知られていたが、18世紀に綿工業、その後、絹および人絹工業、それに衣服工業が加わった。これと関連する機械工業、鉄および金属加工業、卸売問屋が立地する。ライン川左岸の交通結節点をなし、左岸地方の商業、教育の中心地でもある。50を超える経済団体の事務局がある。

[齋藤光格]

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