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Traar, Krefeld — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Traar is a district of Krefeld, and its register is short: Haus Traar, Haus Rath, the Kapelle Haus Traar and the parish of St. Josef.
About Traar
Where to stay in Traar
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Two houses fix the map here. A bed in Traar puts Haus Traar and Haus Rath inside the same district, with the Kapelle Haus Traar attached to the first of them and the wider city of Krefeld a ride away when the day calls for it. St. Josef covers the parish side, the one church named on a register otherwise made of houses.
About Traar
What are the main landmarks in Traar?
Houses outnumber churches on this list. Haus Traar is the name the district shares, and the Kapelle Haus Traar attached to it counts as a separate entry on the register, while Haus Rath is the second of the two houses named. St. Josef is the fourth.
Nothing else within the district carries a record of its own.
What is the history of Traar?
Dates are absent here. What stands in for them is a register of buildings, Haus Traar, its Kapelle Haus Traar, Haus Rath and the church of St. Josef, with no charter year recorded for the district at all. Krefeld holds the longer account.
Traar's own entry is the four names and the ground they sit on.
Where is Traar?
Traar covers about nine square kilometres of Krefeld, enough ground to hold both Haus Traar and Haus Rath. The chapel sits with the first.
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Updated August 2026