Editing Essen (section)

=== Kettwig and Werden ===
[[File:Kettwig.jpg|thumb|Borough of [[Kettwig]], annexed in 1975. Despite its industrial history, Essen is generally regarded as one of Germany's greenest cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/ranking-die-gesuendeste-stadt-deutschlands-1.240517|title=Die gesündeste Stadt Deutschlands|date=17 May 2010|access-date=12 May 2017|work=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730203322/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/ranking-die-gesuendeste-stadt-deutschlands-1.240517|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
In the south of the city, the boroughs of Kettwig and Werden exceptionally stand for towns once of their own, which have been annexed in 1929 (Werden) and 1975 (Kettwig), respectively, and which have largely preserved their pre-annexation character. While most of the northern boroughs were heavily damaged during the [[Second World War]] and often lost their historic town centres; the more southern parts got off more lightly.

In Werden, St. [[Ludger]] founded [[Werden Abbey]] around 799, 45 years before St. [[Altfrid]] founded the later cornerstone of the modern city, [[Essen Abbey]]. The old church of Werden abbey, ''St. Ludgerus'', was designated a [[pope|papal]] [[basilica minor]] in 1993, while the main building of the former abbey today is the headquarters of the [[Folkwang University]] of music and performing arts.

Kettwig, which was annexed in 1975, much to the dismay of the population that still struggles for independence,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/Webmaster/GB_II/II.2/Suche/Landtag_Intern/Suchergebnisse_Landtag_Intern.jsp?&w=native(%27(id%3D%27%27LI970215%27%27)%27)&order=native(%27ID(1)%2FDescend+%27)&view=detail |title=Official Site of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphaila |publisher=Landtag.nrw.de |access-date=6 April 2011 |archive-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512234724/http://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/Webmaster/GB_II/II.2/Suche/Landtag_Intern/Suchergebnisse_Landtag_Intern.jsp?&w=native(%27(id%3D%27%27LI970215%27%27)%27)&order=native(%27ID(1)%2FDescend+%27)&view=detail |url-status=dead }}</ref> was mainly shaped by the [[textile industry]]. The most southern borough of Essen is also the city's largest (with regard to area) and presumably greenest.

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Essen Werden - Werdener Markt 06 ies.jpg|Essen Werden
Werden, zicht op stadsdeel vanaf de brug over de Ruhr foto62012-08-19 16.51.jpg|Essen Werden
Essen Werden - Grafenstraße 01 ies.jpg|Essen Werden historic town centre
Essen Werden - Heckstraße - Evangelische Kirche Werden 11 ies.jpg|Protestant church Essen Werden
Essen Werden - Brandstorstraße 01 ies.jpg|Essen Werden
WerdenerRathaus.JPG|Essen Werden, old town hall
Essen Kettwig 1.jpg|Historic town centre of Kettwig
Blick auf Kettwig mit Uferpalais im Herbst 2013.jpg|Essen Kettwig
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