Rath-Anhoven

Rath-Anhoven City of Wegberg Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 42 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 55 ″ E
Height :	74 (72-80) m
Residents :	1563 (Jun 30, 2012)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	41844
Area code :	02431

Half-timbered house in Rath-Anhoven

Chapel in Rath-Anhoven

House in Rath-Anhoven

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

geography

Rath-Anhoven is located southeast of Wegberg. The locality is literally divided into Rath and Anhoven by Bundesstraße 57 .

Coming from Erkelenz, the Beeckbach flows west past the industrial area and flows into the Schwalm in Wegberg . With the renaturation of the Beeckbach and the construction of retention basins , the flood risk for Rath-Anhoven and the adjacent industrial areas was greatly improved.

Neighboring places

Schönhausen	Kipshoven	Buchholz (Mönchengladbach)
Isengraben		Wickrath
	Erkelenz

history

The name Rath comes from the word clearing and this is clearly visible today. No contiguous piece of forest reminds of the origin of the name. Rath and Anhoven belonged to the Jülich office of Wassenberg around 1312/50 under the name Rode and Aenhoven and appeared there in the Brabant fiefdom register. From 1554 it was called Raid, from 1669 Raydt and up to the present day by the Ruan, who were mighty in the Rhineland, and their inhabitants called Ruaner. Anhoven was already known by this name in 1558. Áneve and its inhabitants Ánever in Lower Franconia. Today Rath-Anhoven is a place that continues to expand across corridors and fields.

Infrastructure

In July 2011, 1570 people lived in Rath-Anhoven. Because of the large number of car dealerships, federal highway 57 is also known as the automobile mile. There is also a restaurant and a bistro, a hardware store, a shopping center, a gas station, an agricultural machinery dealer, a fruit juice manufacturer, a pastry manufacturer, several car repair workshops, two gardening shops, a gardening and landscaping company, several farms, some with horse keeping, a car paint shop, as well as several companies for wood, metal and plastic processing and numerous small businesses. Two bus stops on Bundesstraße 57 provide connections to Erkelenz, Wegberg and Mönchengladbach . The catholic kindergarten Rath-Anhoven is available for the children. A community elementary school ("Kastanienschule") has been set up in Rath-Anhoven.

Attractions

Filial church St. Rochus , Rather Straße, as monument no.74
Chapel at the cemetery, Rheinweg, as memorial no.75
Rectory, Josef-Loogen-Strasse 1, as monument no.76
Cross, Josef-Loogen-Straße 1, as memorial no.77
Kreuz, Rather Straße 10, as memorial No. 78
Cross, Rather Straße 79, as monument no.79
Former Cemetery cross, Rochusstrasse, as memorial no.80
Hofanlage, Buchholzer Straße 10, as monument no.81
Residential building, Rather Straße 79, as monument no.82
Residential house, Rather Straße 81, as monument no.83
Residential building, Rather Straße 108, as monument no.84
Residential building, Rather Strasse 114, as monument no.85
Residential house, Venrather Straße 2, as monument no.86
Residential house, Venrather Straße 4, as monument no.87
Residential building, Rather Straße 95, as monument no.161

societies

Village committee, responsible for the towns of Rath-Anhoven, Isengraben, Flassenberg , Kehrbusch and Mehlbusch .
Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Rath-Anhoven fire fighting group.

Rath-Anhoven horticultural association

Choir "Rather Dorfspatzen"

Choir community Cäcilia

Carnival Society "Laakebüll"

Church choir St. Rochus

Musikverein Rath-Anhoven 1875 e. V.

St. Rochus Rifle Brotherhood

Sports club Viktoria Rath-Anhoven 1912 eV

Gymnastics Club 1924 e. V.

VdK local association Rath-Anhoven

St. Martin Committee

Rath-Anhoven women's community

literature

Wegberg cultural guide. City Marketing Team of the City of Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, p. 129.

Web links

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