Waldniel

Waldniel is a village, part of the municipality Schwalmtal in the district Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has 11,727 inhabitants (December 2018).
History.
The first humans lived at the location of the modern Waldniel in the neolithic (2000 v. Chr.) In 1020, this place was first mentioned in a document.
Geography.
The Kranenbach flows through Waldniel.