Neuss

Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine right opposite to D?sseldorf. Population: 150,000.

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Neuss was founded by the Romans in the year 16 BC as a military outpost (castellum) south of the city on the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Erft name Novaesium. Later a civil settlement was founded in the area of today's center of the town during the 1st century AD. Novaesium together with Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum) and Trier (Augusta Treverorum) is one of the three oldest Roman settlements in Germany.

Rhine: At 1,320 km (820 miles), the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein) is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The name of the Rhine in all these languages comes from Celtic Renos, literally "that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei- ("to flow, run"), which also ...

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Erft: The Erft is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Rhine river. Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss. The river is 103 km long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of ligni...