Boisheim
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Boisheim
City of Viersen
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| Height : | 51 (45-57) m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 5.91 km² |
| Residents : | 2043 (March 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 346 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 41751 |
| Area code : | 02153 |
Boisheim [ ˈboːshaɪ̯m mit Dehnungs-i ] is the smallest district of Viersen with around 2000 inhabitants . With the associated agricultural area, the area of the Boisheim district is 5.91 square kilometers.
Due to its rural structure, Boisheim owns a few smaller outlying clusters of farms such as Lind and Pütterhöfe in addition to the village center and the adjoining buildings .
history
Originally Boisheim was a Franconian settlement. The place is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1304. 1304 Boisheim belonged to the county of Kessel ; until 1794 to the St. Pantaleon Abbey in Cologne . The place was plundered several times, including during the Thirty Years' War . The Duke of Jülich established a customs post here in 1725 as sovereign.
On March 1, 1945, soldiers of the US 84th Infantry Division took Boisheim on the night of February 28 to March 1. The night advance surprised the soldiers in Boisheim. In the morning the US soldiers marched into Dülken from there .
On January 1, 1970, Boisheim was incorporated into the city of Viersen as part of the municipal reorganization .
The tornado in the Viersen district on May 16, 2018 caused damage to the place.
Attractions
The Luzia Chapel , which stands in the middle of the village today, dates from the beginning of the 17th century. Presumably it was built by the citizens at the entrance to the village as thanks for surviving a plague .
The Church of St. Peter was built in 1487. Its tower was rebuilt in 1898 as part of an extension, the old choir was retained. It is interesting that in the choir there is older Rhenish tuff mixed with bricks as a building material.
traffic
Road traffic
Boisheim is located directly on the federal motorway 61 and can be reached via junction 5 ( Nettetal ).
Boisheim station
Boisheim has a train station on the Viersen – Venlo line , which is served by the Maas-Wupper-Express every hour. The section from Viersen via Boisheim to Kaldenkirchen went into operation on January 29, 1866.
Personalities
Born in Boisheim
- Carl Winchenbach (1839–1925), architect and construction clerk
- Kornelius Feyen (1886–1957), educator and painter
- Rainer Thielmann (* 1956), local mayor
- Mirja Boes alias "Möhre" (* 1971), actress, comedian and singer
Associated with Boisheim
- Karl Köster (1883–1975), painter and graphic artist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 652 kB) Viersen statistical yearbook
- ^ [1] Facts and figures from the city of Viersen
- ↑ Dr. Hans Kaiser: From the town hall towards the GIs . In: Rheinische Post (local section Viersen) February 21, 2015, page C6. The advance took place as part of Operation Grenade . The 771st Tank Battalion and the three battalions of the 334th Infantry Regiment moved into Boisheim.
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 115 .
- ^ Georg Mörsch: Monuments and preservation of monuments . In: The district of Viersen on the Lower Rhine . Stuttgart and Ahlen 1978, p. 147
- ↑ Route description Viersen – Kaldenkirchen in the NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost (accessed on February 26, 2011)
