Editing Remscheid (section)

==History==
Remscheid was founded in the 12th century, but remained a small village until the 19th century. Early spellings for the city included ''Remissgeid'' (1217), ''Rymscheyd'' (1351), ''Reymscheyd'' (1487) and ''Rembscheid'' (1639). The economic growth of the entire Rhine-Ruhr region led to an increase of the population of Remscheid. Mechanical engineering and toolmaking were the main industries practised within the town. This is carried on today with the [[Hazet]] tool company which has three factories in Remscheid. Remscheid was part of the [[Prussia]]n [[Rhine Province]] from 1822 to 1945.

On 31 July 1943, during [[World War II]], Remscheid was almost completely destroyed during a British [[area bombing|bombing raid]] which caused a [[firestorm]]. This bombing raid was the final operation of [[RAF|RAF's]] [[Battle of the Ruhr]] involving 273 aircraft. Today around one third of the city consists of buildings from before World War II.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://zensus2011.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/Aufsaetze_Archiv/2015_12_NI_GWZ_endgueltig.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4  | title=Zensus 2011 - Gebäude- und Wohnungsbestand in Deutschland | language=de | trans-title=2011 Census - Building and housing stock in Germany | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329165923/https://zensus2011.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Publikationen/Aufsaetze_Archiv/2015_12_NI_GWZ_endgueltig.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4 |archive-date=29 March 2024 }}</ref> During 14 and 15 April 1945, Remscheid was captured by the [[78th Infantry Division (United States)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tothosewhoserved.org/usa/ss/usass01/chapter5.html|title=US Army SS 01 Chronology 1941–1945: 1945|access-date=14 August 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814220458/http://tothosewhoserved.org/usa/ss/usass01/chapter5.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Lightning78thInfantry|title = Lightning, the History of the 78th Infantry Division|year = 1947|publisher = Washington, Infantry journal press}}</ref>

An [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]] [[1988 Remscheid A-10 crash|crashed in the city on 8 December 1988]]. Six people died.