in 1815 (after 1822 the Rhine Province).

The population of the settlement was 16,325 in 1825 but had grown to 30,000 by the 1840s.

In 1872 Krefeld became an independent city within Rhenish Prussia. In 1918 during the First World War the Belgian Army used it as a base during the occupation of the Rhineland. In 1929 Krefeld