Beeck (Wegberg)

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Beeck
City of Wegberg
Beeck coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 2 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 70  (66-71)  m
Residents : 2402  (June 30, 2012)
Incorporation : October 1, 1935
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02434
Beeck house around 1720
Catholic Church in Beeck
Beeck House in Beeck
Farm in Beeck
Half-timbered house in Beeck
Church square in Beeck
Flax Museum
Spinning wheel and loom in the flax museum
Seal of the mayor's office in Beeck 1850–1945

Beeck is a district of the Mittelstadt Wegberg in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Beeck is located east of Wegberg, also for the most part within the Grenzlandring . An extensive forest area extends north of the Grenzlandring.

Waters

Coming from Moorshoven, the Beeckbach flows south past the village and flows into the Schwalm in Wegberg .

Neighboring places

Beeckerheide Holtmühle Ellinghoven
Wegberg Neighboring communities Kipshoven
Uevekoven Holtum Moorshoven

history

People have settled in the area around Beeck since the younger Stone Age, this has been proven by individual prehistoric finds. The origins of the closed village of Beeck are said to go back to a “royal court”, which usually means a ruling travel destination. However, this has not been proven. A knightly seat, which was established in the late High Middle Ages near the town center with a two-part moth, was mentioned in a document in 1279. The moth hill, partially excavated in the 1930s, can be seen near the church tower of St. Vincentius. The gate wing of the outer bailey still exists from the successor building "Haus Beeck" from the Baroque period, always in private hands.

In the course of its history, Beeck had different masters, and the street Spanische Kall still reminds of the centuries-old border between Geldern and Jülich. As a fief, it went first to the Wassenberg lordship around 1020 , later to the Duke of Limburg , and in 1288 to the court of Brabant . In 1472, Beeck moved to Jülich through marriage . From this time of Jülich rule, the community of Beeck bears its coat of arms , which in the upper part has the upper body of a black lion facing to the left on a golden background. At the turn of the 19th century it was under French rule and fell to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna in the spring of 1815. The Prussian administration established the mayor's office in Beeck in 1816, which was assigned to the district of Erkelenz . Some buildings from this period in the classicist style are striking and defining the appearance of the town .

The former Wegberg fine spinning mill in 2009

In 1912, Ferdinand Bernard Bartmann founded the Wegberg fine spinning mill , which employed up to 500 people and existed until 1993. On October 1, 1935, the administrative independence of the civil parish was revoked and Beeck became part of the Wegberg community . Today Beeck is a district of Wegberg.

religion

The Catholic church in the center is dedicated to St. Vincentius and was built in 1401. An extension with the new main nave and choir was completed in 1966 in place of the old school. With the reorganization of the parishes in the Diocese of Aachen , the parish was dissolved on December 31, 2012 and incorporated as a subsidiary parish of the new parish of St. Martin Wegberg on January 1, 2013 .

Infrastructure

In June 2011 there were 2,433 people living in Beeck. There are farms, some with horse keeping, a gardening shop, a building contractor, installation and electrical companies, restaurants with restaurants, pizzerias and snack bars, hairdressing salons, a butcher's shop, a bakery and several commercial and small businesses. There is a doctor, ophthalmologist and a dentist's practice. Several bus stops provide connections to Wegberg, Erkelenz and Mönchengladbach. The community elementary school with gym is located in the southern area of ​​Beeck. The Catholic kindergarten is also located not far from the school. A total of 3 children's playgrounds are available for the children.

Museums

Flax Museum

The Beecker Flax Museum has existed since 1982 and illustrates flax processing , which in the past was of great importance for both the rural economy and the region's textile industry.

Costume museum

The museum for European folk costumes is located at the church . Both museums are sponsored by the Wegberg-Beeck Heimatverein.

Attractions

  • Catholic Church Beeck, Kirchplatz 9 as monument no.9
  • Village cross, on the church square as monument no.10
  • Courtyard, at House Beeck 1 as monument no.11
  • Hofanlage, Holtumer Straße 31 as memorial no.12
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 27 as monument no.13
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 10 as monument no.14
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 6 as monument no.15
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 4 as monument no.16
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 1 as monument no.17
  • Traditional costume museum, Kirchplatz 7 as monument no.18
  • Residential building, Kirchplatz 13 as monument no.19
  • Residential building, Prämienstraße 69 as monument no.20
  • Residential building, Prämienstraße 68 as monument no.21
  • Residential building, Prämienstraße 78 as monument no.22
  • Residential building, Prämienstraße 66 as monument no.23
  • Flax Museum, Holtumer Straße 19 as memorial no.153
  • Residential chaplaincy, Holtumer Straße 21 as memorial No. 157
  • Residential building at Holtumer Straße 12 as monument no.160
  • Residential building, Holtumer Straße 1 as monument no.164
  • Former mayor's office, Holtumer Straße 10 as monument no.169
  • Church square with historical buildings

societies

  • Beeck village community
  • Heimatverein Wegberg-Beeck
  • Youth group German Scouts St. Georg Stamm Beeck
  • Church choir "St. Vinzentius “Beeck
  • Women's choir "Donna musica"
  • Beeck women's community
  • Kulturförderkreis Opus 512 e. V.
  • St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Beeck eV
  • FC Wegberg-Beeck
  • Turn- und Spielverein Beeck 1971
  • Dog sports club Beeck 1971
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade, Moorshoven fire fighting group also responsible for the village of Beeck
  • Schießsportfreunde Wegberg from 1997 e. V. Beeck

Regular events

  • The historic rifle festival of the St. Sebastianus Brotherhood takes place every year at Pentecost. The shooting festival begins on Saturday with the family ball and ends on Monday with the traditional Klompenball (wooden shoe ball). On Sunday and Monday there is a parade of brotherhoods on the historic church square.
  • Parish festival of the parish Beeck and Wegberg alternating annually on Corpus Christi day
  • Until 2013, Beeck was the scene of a large annual flax and handicraft market on the last weekend in September
  • Since 2018 there has been a flat day with a changing program once a year

literature

  • Wegberg cultural guide. Stadtmarketing-Team der Stadt Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, pp. 75–84.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edmund Renard d. Younger: Description from Haus Beek 1904 , accessed February 22, 2014

Web links

Commons : Beeck  - collection of images, videos and audio files