Wegberg
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Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ N , 6 ° 17 ′ E |
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| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Cologne | |
| Circle : | Heinsberg | |
| Height : | 61 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 84.34 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 28,169 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 334 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 41844 | |
| Primaries : | 02431, 02432, 02434, 02436, 02161 | |
| License plate : | HS, ERK, GK | |
| Community key : | 05 3 70 040 | |
| LOCODE : | DE WGG | |
| City structure: | 40 districts | |
City administration address : |
Rathausplatz 25 41844 Wegberg |
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| Mayor : | Michael Stock ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Wegberg in the Heinsberg district | ||
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Wegberg is a middle district town in the district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). It borders on the Netherlands. The 14 historical water mills around the main town have led to the city being given the name of mill town in 2015 .
geography
Position and extent
The city of Wegberg is located in the north of the Heinsberg district, a few kilometers west-southwest of Mönchengladbach in the headwaters of the Schwalm and borders directly on the Netherlands. The highest point in the city is 88 m above sea level. NN , the lowest at 49 m above sea level. NN . The municipality has its greatest extension with 16.7 kilometers in a north-west / south-east direction. Today's urban area with 40 smaller and larger towns covers almost 85 km².
landscape
Wegberg lies on the Schwalm-Nette-Platte , a part of the landscape of the Lower Rhine lowlands . The landscape is characterized by fields, forests and rivers that change constantly here. The area around the southern municipal boundary also represents a landscape boundary. This is where the Erkelenzer Bördelandschaft of the Lower Rhine Bay begins .
City structure
The town of Wegberg itself consists of the 40 districts Arsbeck , Beeck , Beeckerheide , Berg , Bischofshütte , Bissen bei Beeck , Bissen , Broich , Brunbeck , Busch , Dalheim-Rödgen , Ellinghoven , Felderhof , Flassenberg , Gerichhausen , Gripekoven , Harbeck , Holtmühle , Holtum , Isengraben , Kehrbusch , Kipshoven , Klinkum , Mehlbusch , Merbeck , Moorshoven , Petersholz , Rath-Anhoven , Rickelrath , Schönhausen , Schwaam , Tetelrath , Tüschenbroich , Uevekoven , Venheyde , Venn , Watern , Wegberg and Wildenrath .
history
Wegberg was first mentioned under the name Berck in a certificate from Emperor Otto I from 966. At that time the place belonged to the Mühlgau . The current name Wegberg originated around the 14th century and is explained by the location of the place on an old military road that crossed the Schwalm here.
For centuries, the border between the duchies of Geldern and Jülich ran through the middle of Wegberg, along the Schwalm between Mühlenbach and Beeckbach .
From 1543 to 1794 the former Geldrische Wegberg, which was in the upper district of Roermond , belonged to the Habsburg Netherlands . Since 1713 the city was in the Austrian money .
The Jülich part of Wegberg was under the rule of Tüschenbroich, which as a Wassenberg fief had belonged to the Barons of Spiering from 1624. In 1639 Franz v. Spiering gave the patronage to the Wegberg-based church of the Order of the Cross , which had founded a monastery in the village.
In 1794 French revolutionary troops conquered the left bank of the Rhine . In 1797, in the Peace of Campo Formio , the Habsburg emperor renounced his areas on the left bank of the Rhine, which now belonged to France under international law . The former Geldrische Wegberg was now in the canton of Cruchten (today Niederkrüchten ), Département Meuse-Inférieure (Niedermaas).
After 1794, Wegberg in Jülich was combined with Tüschenbroich to form one municipality. This became an official part of France through the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 and was located in the canton of Erkelenz, Département de la Roer . In 1815 both districts came to Prussia , district of Erkelenz . In 1820 it was merged into the mayor's office in Wegberg.
In 1937, the Wegberg community had a new town hall built by the architect Heinrich Bartmann .
The municipality Wegberg was granted city rights on June 5, 1973.
Incorporations
The municipal area was expanded on January 1, 1972 through the municipal reorganization . The municipalities of Arsbeck and Wildenrath were dissolved and Wegberg was added, and the village of Merbeck of the municipality of Niederkrüchten was added .
Outsourcing
On January 1, 1972, the place Geneiken was assigned to the city of Erkelenz in the Heinsberg district .
On January 1, 1975, Wegberg ceded an area of eleven hectares with 139 inhabitants at that time (Buchholz district) to the city of Mönchengladbach.
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Religions
The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul was in the Jülischen part of Wegberg. The parish also extended to the Geldrischen part of the place. In the 16th century the Barons von Spiering had the right of patronage over the church. In 1639 Franz von Spiering transferred the collage to the Order of the Cross , who built a monastery in Wegberg by 1675. In 1802 it was abolished by the French and in 1956 it was repopulated by Dutch religious of the Carmelite Order . They took over the care of the parish of St. Peter and Paul as well as other parishes in the vicinity. After the last two monks left the monastery in 2004, it was formally abolished in 2011. Since January 1st 2013 there is only one Catholic parish in Wegberg. By order of the Aachen bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff, the previous 10 parishes in the city area have merged to form the St. Martin parish. These were: St. Adelgundis Arsbeck, St. Vincentius Beeck, St. Rochus Dalheim, Heilige Familie Klinkum, St. Maternus Merbeck, St. Rochus Rath-Anhoven, St. Mariä Himmelfahrt Rickelrath, Heilig Geist Tüschenbroich, St. Peter and Paul Wegberg and St. Johann Baptist Wildenrath.
The millstone in front of the parish church, inaugurated in June 2014, is the unifying symbol for the new large parish: just as St. Martin parted the cloak to secure the life of the beggar, the millstone ensures the survival of the people by grinding grain into flour People. The 20 stars around the St. Martin seal are reminiscent of the former parishes and chapel parishes of the parish. The millstone and the symbol for the parish of St. Martin Wegberg were designed by designer Michael Körner.
Evangelical Christians, often called "Protestants" in Wegberg, were a small minority until World War II, around 1% of the population. In the years that followed, this changed significantly with the influx of mainly evangelical refugees from the East. The proportion of evangelicals grew to around 10%. The Friedenskirche was therefore built for them in 1952/53 on the church grounds on Martin-Luther-Str., A gift from Wegberg. Wegberg's Protestant Christians belonged to the Schwanenberg Protestant parish until 1967 . Since then they have been the independent Evangelical Church Community in Wegberg. A rectory, a parish hall and a youth home have now been added to the area around the church.
badges and flags
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Historical coat of arms (until 1937) City flag (since 1937) |
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Blazon : "The coat of arms of the city of Wegberg is divided by blue and silver, above a growing, red crowned, armored and tongued, two-tailed golden lion, below three blue wavy bars." |
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Justification of the coat of arms: The upper part shows the Geldrian lion, the heraldic animal of the Duchy of Geldern , in the lower part of the shield there are three wavy bars. These show the Beeckbach, the Schwalm and the Mühlenbach, three main streams in the area. Wegberg has had today's city arms since April 14, 1937. Until 1937, the city's arms, which was based on a lay judge's seal from the 16th century, showed St. Peter and in the lower part a black cross on a silver background. A loaf of bread can also be seen to the left of the cross.
Description of the flag: “The flag of the city of Wegberg shows the colors blue and white; it bears the city arms or the emblems of the city arms in the middle. " |
politics
Municipal council
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Distribution of seats
As of March 11, 2018 |
mayor
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| Mayor of the municipality or city since 1945 | Municipal and city directors since 1945 |
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Partnerships
- Echt-Susteren municipality , Netherlands
- City of Maaseik , Belgium
Mill partnership
- Leudal municipality , Netherlands
Culture and sights
Museums
- Flax Museum in Wegberg-Beeck
- Museum for European Folk Costumes in Wegberg-Beeck
- Permanent exhibition "Wegberg and the valley of the mills" in the Schrofmühle near Rickelrath, the only functioning grain and oil mill in the Rhineland
Buildings
- The Aldeberg moth - the largest moth in the entire Lower Rhine region
- The Tüschenbroich Castle
- The Ulrich chapel in Tüschenbroich
- The moth in the Tüschenbroich pond
- The Burg Wegberg today Hotel-Restaurant
- The Wegberg Forum , congress center, party and event location
- The monastery of the Kreuzherren in Wegberg
- The Holy Cross Chapel in Kipshoven (built around 1500). Here are late Gothic frescoes to visit
- The "St. Franziskus von Assisi “chapel (built 1746) in Moorshoven
- In Schwaam and in the Angerdorf Rickelrath there are some picturesque houses with thatched roofs .
Wegberg Castle
Forum Wegberg, congress center, party and event location
Parish church of St. Peter and Paul with the former Kreuzherrenkloster
House Beeck
Tüschenbroich Castle
Memorial stone for the persecuted and victims of National Socialism
A project group with students from the Maximilian-Kolbe-Gymnasium under the direction of the history teacher Jürgen Tenbrock dealt with the time of National Socialism in Wegberg. “Brown Wegberg? We didn't have anything like that ... Or was it? ”Is the title of a book that the project group published in 2012. Two years later, the laying of a memorial plaque for the persecuted and victims of National Socialism on the Rathausplatz marked the end of the project. The book and the commemorative plaque were designed by Wegberg artist Michael Körner.
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The warning words can be read on the two-by-two-meter granite slab between the town hall and the parish church of St. Peter and Paul.
Watermills
Because of its many historical watermills, Wegberg is also called "The town in the valley of the mills". The “Wegberger MühlenTour” set up by city marketing leads past the mills of the Schwalm.
- Helpensteiner Bach (Rothenbach):
- Dalheimer Mill
- Gitstapper mill in Vlodrop Netherlands
- Helpensteiner Mill
- Rödgener Mill
- Mühlenbach:
- Bushmill
- Holtmühle
- Molzmühle
- Schrofmühle
- Vollmühle (Gatzweiler) Gatzweiler Mönchengladbach
- Schwalm:
- Beeckbach:
- Brunbeek:
Water towers
- Water tower in Arsbeck
- Water tower on the Anton Raky site in Rödgen-Dalheim
- Water tower at Dalheim train station (demolished)
- Uevekoven water tower
- Water tower of the old fine spinning mill in Wegberg
Nature parks
Wegberg is located in the international Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park . In the vicinity of the Wegberger Mühle and the town pond, the Schwalm Association is expanding the Schwalm into a world of adventure. The aim is to turn the natural course of the river through a wide river bed and flat banks into a new habitat for flora and fauna .
The “Schwalm Water Experience” nature park has been set up just a few kilometers from the Schwalm spring. The newly created water landscape is located in the city park and connects to the central shopping streets and the Wegberger mill. The joint project has now been presented to the public.
- The Schwalm as an adventure world
Wasser.Blick 21: Renaturation as part of the hiking water world project of the "Schwalm-Nette Nature Park"
"Schwalm Water Experience" at the Schwalmaue
Schwalm right and Beeckbach unite
The Schwalm between Rickelrath and Schwaam
Hiking trail along the Schwalm
Nature reserves
- Helpensteiner Bachtal (1.76 square kilometers)
- Schaagbachtal (1.76 square kilometers)
- Schwalmquellen , Schwalmbruch, Mühlen- and Knippertzbachtal (4.88 square kilometers)
- Petersholz (2.00 square kilometers)
- Meinweg (2.67 square kilometers)
- Tüschenbroicher Mühlensee (1.52 square kilometers)
NABU nature conservation station
In the Wildenrath district, in the middle of the “Schaagbachtal” nature reserve, is the NABU Haus Wildenrath nature conservation station , an old farm complex that has been the seat of the biological station in the Heinsberg district since 2003 - the NABU Haus Wildenrath e. V. - is. The former agricultural yard was probably built in the first half of the 19th century. Today it consists of the house, an old barn and a goat shed, a seminar building and ancillary buildings.
The main concern of NABU and its nature conservation station is to preserve a biodiverse landscape for the benefit of people, animals and plants. The NABU nature conservation station currently employs three full-time employees who are supported by volunteers . The main focus of the station's work is the recording of endangered animal and plant species, the coordination of the wild hamster species aid program in North Rhine-Westphalia, the development of protection, care and development concepts for nature reserves as well as nature conservation education through lectures, hikes and special events. Old domestic animal breeds such as Glan cattle and Moorschnucken are kept in the pastures around Haus Wildenrath . Most of the forest around Haus Wildenrath has not been used for forestry for decades, so that it is developing back into an original forest.
Several hiking trails are signposted in the grounds of the SchwalmNette Nature Park. In 1968 a nature trail was set up. The NABU nature conservation station offers excursions and lectures on various topics in the field of nature and the environment.
Sports
Wegberg offers many opportunities to practice sports. Mention should be made of the indoor pool , which is used by the Wegberg schools, among others. By winning the Middle Rhine Cup , the soccer club FC Wegberg-Beeck was able to take part in the DFB Cup in 2008 . There are also two other football clubs in Wegberg, SC Wegberg and Viktoria Wegberg . Furthermore, in Wegberg are the gymnastics and sports club (TuS Wegberg) founded in 1900 , a table tennis club (TTC Wegberg e.V.), a handball club (HSV Wegberg), a tennis club (TC Wegberg), two golf clubs with 18 holes Places as well as a Budo Club (BC Wegberg) and the Wing Tsiun Academy International . An offer for the older generation is the Seniorensport 1974 eV Wegberg.
An established Nordic Walking Park leads over seven routes with a total length of 41 kilometers over forest and meadow paths. The route lengths are tailored to different levels of difficulty. All routes are color-coded and signposted.
Wegberg is connected to the cycling network in North Rhine-Westphalia and also linked to the junction system of the neighboring Netherlands and Belgium .
dialect
The dialect spoken in Wegberg - almost only by the older generation - is Southern Lower Franconian. It is a language area that is roughly localized by the cities of Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach and Heinsberg.
The emergence of the dialects goes back to the time of the "Franconian conquest" from the 5th to the 8th century. In the course of history there have been several changes in the use of different sounds. A "first sound shift" took place between 500 BC. And the turning point. A "second sound shift" followed between the 7th and 14th centuries. Lines of language emerged where these developments came to a standstill. In the south of our southern Lower Franconian language area, it is the "Benrath Line", as opposed to the Ripuarian / Cologne area. It is also called the pt k or make line. For many words p had become f / ff or pf (Schi'ep> Scheff), t had changed to ss / ß or z / tz (Tiit> Zikk) and k had changed to ch (Buuk> Buuch ). The boundary to the North Lower Franconian / Kleverland is the "Ürdinger Line". There z. B. ech> ek and ooch> ok changed.
There are, in turn, a large number of local dialects within these areas. Inhospitable stretches of land between the settlement areas had a barrier-forming effect, so that little exchange took place. Church and political borders have also led to different language developments. One such administrative barrier in Wegberg was the border between the Geldrian and Jülich parts that ran through the middle of the village from 1543 to 1794.
The use and knowledge of the native dialect are declining more and more. The historical association Wegberg has set itself the goal of upgrading and maintaining the cultural property of Platt with the “Klängerstu'ef”. The name is reminiscent of the "good old days", when neighbors met in the "parlor" at the end of the day to talk about "God and the world", to "chant". Every month, citizens interested in receiving the “Modderschpro'ek” meet in the Wegberger “Klängerstu'ef”. Low German poems and songs are sung in a cozy atmosphere by a management team and also by visitors.
Regular events
- Carnival parade every two years on Shrove Monday
- Job information exchange "Job-Info-Live" in the educational center of the Maximilian-Kolbe-Gymnasium
- spring Festival
- Music events on Rathausplatz:
- Wegberger music spring
- Wegberger cultural summer
- Concerts opus 512
- City festival with Antoniusmarkt
- Autumn festival
- Art exhibition "Wegberger Kunstoffensive"
- Advent market
- Wegberger winter magic
- rink
- World championship in beer crate curling
- Wegberger Mühle action group
- Schwalmbühne Harbeck, annual theater performances in November / December
- Klängerstu'ef, monthly dialect evening
- Weekly market in the pedestrian zone on Friday
Economy and Infrastructure
Road transport, rail transport and public transport
Wegberg is connected to the supraregional transport network through federal highways 57 and 221 , which intersect the city to the east and west, and various country roads.
There are bus connections to the individual districts and neighboring towns .
Wegberg lies on the Iron Rhine , which is currently served by VIAS on the Schwalm-Nette railway (RB 34) with LINT 41 railcars every hour. The stretch between Dalheim and Roermond in the Netherlands is currently not used, but should be reactivated. However, this is controversial: Beyond the border, the focus is on nature conservation (the route runs through De Meinweg National Park ); in this country there is discussion about new routes and noise pollution.
In the city of Wegberg there are three stations: the Dalheim Bahnhof , the breakpoint Arsbeck and Wegberg station . Thus Wegberg is the city with the most stations in the Heinsberg district. At the block point in Klinkum, the branch line to the railway testing center and a connecting railway to the former RAF Brüggen military airfield branches off. The railway testing center in Wegberg-Wildenrath is also of major economic importance for the city.
The Grenzlandring
Around the city of Wegberg, the Grenzlandring, a nine-kilometer-long, oval-shaped ring road, which was built before the start of the Second World War at a cost of around 3.3 million Reichsmarks for the campaign in the west , runs around the town . In this former concrete - oval course with minimal banked curves big car and motorcycle races were held in front of up to 300,000 spectators five from 1948 to 1952, until August 31, 1952, an accident in which a total of at least 13 dead (some sources speak of 14 dead ) and 42 injured came. The Berlin Helmut Niedermayr came exit of the Roermonder curve with his Formula 2 - racing cars from never clarified reasons with nearly 200 km / h above the track and crossed the completely unprotected spectators. Immediately afterwards, the Grenzlandring was closed to all further racing activities. Even later, the Grenzlandring was never used again for motorsport and its tragic sporting history was largely forgotten. Nowadays it is asphalted and, after various modifications in the curves, no longer presents itself to road users as a closed ring road. To mark the 60th anniversary of the accident, a memorial stone was erected at the accident site on August 31, 2012 by the Wegberg Historical Society, commemorating the 13 officially known fatalities.
Established businesses
- Siemens test center Wegberg-Wildenrath
- Formzeug GmbH & Co KG, plastic injection molding and mold construction
- Fritz Driescher KG, special factory for electricity supply GmbH & Co.
- Heyer concrete
- Wolters concrete
- Galvanizing March
- Heinen leather factory
- Fruit juice press, Gebr. Bertrams GmbH & Co. KG
- Beet herb factory Bernd Spelten, Holtum
- Clevercat GmbH
In addition, other companies are based in Wegberg.
Former military airfield RAF Wildenrath
From 1952 to 1992 the Royal Air Force operated an airfield near Wildenrath. Construction work began in 1950 with the clearing of forest parcels. A runway 1830 meters long was created, which was later extended by 610 meters. A housing estate with 180 buildings was built next to the airfield. In 1970, high- flyers Harrier were stationed in Wildenrath, and in 1976 phantom fighter-bombers. These provided to the reunification of Germany , the Quick Reaction Alert Readiness ( QRA ) for North West Germany.
In the first years after the end of flight operations, the huge area of the former airfield was used as a music festival area. In 1993 the three-day rock concert Rock over Germany took place. Summerjam , a reggae festival, was held here for the next two years .
Wegberg-Wildenrath commercial and industrial park
Today is located on the site of the former military airfield, after successful conversion of, commercial and industrial park Wegberg-Wildenrath , among others, the Siemens - Wegberg-Wildenrath for rail vehicles and the Nature Park Center Wildenrath with a bionic exhibition in the lobby of the hotel complex ListZentrum.
Tourism
There is a motorhome parking space with ten parking spaces near the municipal indoor swimming pool and a bus stop . It has a central supply and disposal system.
Saint Anthony Clinic
The St. Anthony Clinic was opened on September 26, 1905 by Franciscan Sisters as a "preservation school". In 2010 the hospital had 93 beds for surgery , internal medicine , anesthesia and ENT . On June 2, 2017, the clinic ceased operations without prior notice, and the remaining inpatients were temporarily distributed to other hospitals. According to a later press release, the operation has not been worthwhile for some time because there was a lack of the necessary occupancy.
education
- Maximilian Kolbe High School Wegberg
- Edith Stein Realschule Wegberg
- School at Grenzlandring (secondary school)
- Community elementary school "Am Beeckbach"
- Catholic elementary school Arsbeck
- Erich Kästner Primary School Wegberg
- DPSG youth education center Haus Sankt Georg
- Power Stage (private music and dance school in the monastery)
- Center for Health & Social Affairs at TÜV NORD College GmbH: Further and advanced training for healthcare professionals
Personalities
The section lists the Wegberg honorary citizens and the people born in Wegberg. The list also contains the people who are important for Wegberg and the city's history; in other words, people who either worked locally, are closely connected to the city or whose name is known nationwide.
Honorary citizen
- 1959: Anton Ruppertzhoven (1886–1967), cathedral capitular , honorary dean and clergyman, pastor in Dalheim-Rödgen from 1922 to 1967, honorary citizen of the Arsbeck community
- 1970: Wilhelm Hermanns (1909–1991), Mayor of the Wegberg community from 1958 to 1969, honorary citizen of the Wegberg community
- 1973: Josef Karduck (1908–1982), community director in Wegberg (1950–1973)
- 1980: Maria Laetsch (1897–1992), "Sister Leonia", religious sister in the St. Antonius Hospital Wegberg
- 1994: Gottfried Jakobs (1924–2013), mayor from December 1985 to November 1994, honorary mayor
- 2009: Hedwig Klein (* 1945), mayor from December 1994 to October 2009, full-time mayor from October 1999, honorary mayor
Born in Wegberg
- Johann Berka (Wegberg) (around 1410–1482), dean of the theological faculty in Cologne, canon canon, professor of theology
- Johann Jans gnt. von Tüschenbroich (Tüschenbroich) (u.1440–1510), provost in Wetzlar and Regensburg, canon in Utrecht
- Alexander Josef Inderfurth (1781-1854), mayor of Beeck 1808-1854, in personal union also von Wegberg (1850-1854), represented the Roer department at Napoleon's coronation as emperor in 1804 with 15 other deputies .
- Johann Arnold Ellinghoven (1813–1890), called “Schur-Nölleske” - healer, naturopath, “alternative practitioner” from Moorshoven
- Peter Jakob Schrammen (1838–1908), grammar school teacher and rector, Professor Dr. phil., bearer of the Red Eagle Order IV class
- August Eskens (1843–1913), Real Secret Oberbergrat, lecturer at TU Berlin, at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Berlin
- Josepha Amanda Birckmann (1853-1917), called "Mother Ludmilla Birckmann" - 7th Superior General of the Franciscan Order (1896-1917) "Of Penance and Christian Love" Heythuysen (NL) - Nonnenwerth (D)
- Alexander Iven (1854–1934), sculptor
- Matthias Eickels (1887–1942), railroad worker from Beeckerheide, died in Dachau concentration camp .
- Karl Peters (1894–1977), community chief secretary, mayor from 1945 to 1946, community director 1946 and from 1947 to 1949, local and dialect researcher
- Hermann Fuchs (1896–1970), librarian, director of the Mainz University Library from 1955 to 1962
- Werner Oellers (1904–1947), writer and journalist
- Hubert Plücken (* 1937), painter
- Herbert Mai (* 1947), former union chairman (ÖTV) and administrative manager
- Johannes Donner (* 1952), painter
- Gerd Hachen (* 1952), politician, member of the state parliament (CDU)
- Udo Pastörs (* 1952), politician (NPD), member of the state parliament and neo-Nazi cadre
- Marika Adam (* 1954), Austrian actress and theater director
- Margarete Müller (Manager, 1956) (* 1956), German manager in the financial sector
- Frank Siegmund (* 1956), prehistorian and archaeologist
- Udo Kamps (* 1959), mathematician, statistician, university professor
- David Phillips (born 1963), Welsh football player
- Christian Macharski (* 1969), cabaret artist and author
- Gunnar Hindrichs (* 1971), philosopher and university professor
Connected with Wegberg
- Franz Freiherr von Spiering (1582–1649), Privy Councilor , Jülichscher Landmarschall ( inter alia), Lord of Tüschenbroich and Sevenaer, builder of Tüschenbroich Castle , founder of the Kreuzherrenkloster in Wegberg, Governor of Düsseldorf, bailiff of Remagen, Sinzig and Neuenahr, bailiff of Wassenberg - held high and highest positions in the Duchy of Jülich-Berg during the Thirty Years War .
- Johannes Reynders (around 1692–1741), Prior Wegberg, Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Prior General of the Order of the Cross from 1735 to 1741
- Jakob Hoogen (1742–1805), educator and educator, last prior of the Kreuzherrenkloster in Wegberg
- Bernard Bartmann (1854–1939), entrepreneur
- Anton Raky (1868–1943), mining engineer and entrepreneur
- Anton Heinen (1869–1934), pastor in Rickelrath (1932–1934), adult educator - the community college of the Heinsberg district is named after him.
- Else Neumüller (1875–1934), painter and graphic artist
- Franz Stappers (1884–1945), pastor in Rickelrath (1934–1945) and Nazi victim in Lüttringhausen prison
- Fritz Mühlen (1906–1981), painter
- Johanna Cecilie "Hanny" Stüber (1870–1955), painter
- Heinrich Bartmann (1898–1982), architect, urban planner and university professor
- Emil "Teddy" Vorster (1910–1976), entrepreneur, automobile racing driver and motorsport official
- Karl H. Fell (1936–1996), judge, politician, member of the Bundestag, mayor in Wegberg from 1972 to 1985
- Hans Heyer (* 1943), former automobile racing driver and entrepreneur
- Günter vom Dorp (* 1950), journalist, singer, author and radio presenter
- Yvonne Mümo-Neumann (* 1956), sculptor
- Ralf Rudnik (* 1959), music producer, former member of the Cologne music group " Höhner "
- Norbert Kostka (* 1960), architect and artist
- Franz Christian Ackermann (* 1963), boxer
- Sascha Klaar (* 1971), show pianist ("Teufel am Piano")
- Christian Dorda (* 1988), football player
- Wilhelm Joseph Wings (1818–1865), sculptor and stonemason, related to the Imhoff family of sculptors in Cologne
literature
- Adolf Vollmer, History of the Wegberg Community, Cöln 1912, 160 pp.
- Gerhard Evertz, The time of French rule (1794–1814) in the community of Wegberg, Kreis- und Stadtsparkasse Erkelenz, Wegberg 1960, 139 pp.
- Gerhard Evertz, Church history of the parish Wegberg, Stadt Wegberg, Wegberg 1976, 351 pp.
- Heinz Cohnen, Heimatbuch der Stadt Wegberg, Beautification and Tourist Association e. V. Wegberg, Wegberg 1983, 310 pp.
- Karl Peters, Nokixeleien from A to Z - Mundartlexikon, Heimatverein Beeck e. V., 1987, 132 pp.
- Peter Graaf, Wegberg, Wie et ens woar, Stadt Wegberg, Horb am Neckar 1991, 96 pp.
- Heinz Gerichhausen, H. Schlömer, nature and culture around Beeck - hiking guide, Heimatverein Beeck e. V., 1992, 18 pp.
- Walter Klötzer, Wegberger Memories - War Winter 1945, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., Wegberg 1994, 78 pp.
- Rita Mielke, Flax - The “Blue Wonder” of the Heinsberg region, Heimatverein Beeck e. V., 1994, 28 pp.
- Jochen Pothmann, Wegberg between 1936 and 1946, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., Wegberg 1995, 95 pp.
- KA Ostendorf, Wegberg photographer Maria Billmann, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., Wegberg 1996, 98 pp.
- Thomas Düren, Sigrid Scheuss, Wegberg im Tal der Mühlen, Stadt Wegberg, Leipzig 2000, 47 pp.
- Hans Joliet, Michael Körner, Heaven on Earth - 100 Years of St. Maternus Merbeck, Wegberg 2004, 160 pp.
- Folkmar Pietsch, Michael Körner, Getting healthy for a century - brochure for the anniversary of St. Antonius Hospital Wegberg, Wegberg 2005, 44 pp.
- Dietmar Schmitz, Klaus Bürger, Rita Körner, Wegberg pictures tell history, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., Erfurt 2006, 127 pp.
- City marketing team, Wegberg cultural guide, City of Wegberg, Wegberg 2006, 191 pp.
- Hans Joliet, Michael Körner, Our fire brigade turns one hundred - illustrated book for the anniversary of the Merbeck volunteer fire brigade, Wegberg 2006, 120 pp.
- Dietmar Schmitz, Folkmar Pietsch, The Grenzlandring - “The Avus” of the West, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., Wegberg 2005, 128 pp.
- Rosemarie and Günter Kaiser, Die Molzmühle, eds. Rosemarie and Günter Kaiser, Wegberg 2008, 80 pp.
- Michael Körner, Wegberg in the valley of the mills. Historical Association Wegberg e. V., permanent exhibition in the Schrofmühle Wegberg-Rickelrath, 17 information boards on the history of the mills in the Wegberg Valley of Mills, Wegberg 2009
- Adolf Vollmer, History of the community Wegberg, Cöln 1912, reprint with register, design: Michael Körner, Wegberg 2009, 160 pp.
- City marketing team, discover Wegberg in the valley of 25 mills. City of Wegberg, design: Michael Körner, Wegberg 2011, 26 pp.
- Hans Joachim Haude, displaced persons in Wegberg, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., design: Michael Körner, Wegberg 2011, 137 pp.
- History project team at the Maximilian-Kolbe-Gymnasium Wegberg, Braunes Wegberg, design: Michael Körner, Wegberg 2012, 193 pp.
- Heinz Gerichhausen, The Blue Wonder of the Heinsberg Region, Heimatverein Beeck e. V., 2011, 99 pp.
- Norbert Kostka: Water Towers in Wegberg , German International Water Tower Society 2002 e. V., Dorsten 2004
- Michael Körner, Himmel un Äad, From life in the country. The Wegberger Potato Cookbook, Wegberg 2011, 120 pp.
- Dietmar Schmitz, Marco Kieser, The architectural monuments in the Heinsberg district. City area Wegberg 1st part. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district. Volume 2014, pp. 153–169
- Dietmar Schmitz, Marco Kieser, Claudia Holländer, The architectural monuments in the Heinsberg district. City area Wegberg 2nd part. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district. Volume 2015, pp. 126–140
- Dietmar Schmitz, Marco Kieser, The architectural monuments in the Heinsberg district. City area Wegberg 3rd part. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district. Volume 2016, pp. 92–108
- Thomas Düren, The memorial stone for the persecuted and victims of National Socialism in Wegberg. In: Local calendar of the Heinsberg district. Volume 2015, pp. 183–186
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe: Handbook of Historic Places: North Rhine-Westphalia. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006. p. 1064
Periodicals
- Berker Läeve - The Wegberger Journal, everything about life and the people in Wegberg, news from the administration, event information, club activities, church, politics
Frequency of publication: 10 times a year, website: www.berker-läeve.de, DIN A4, 1st edition December 2016
- Berker Bote, contributions from the history of Schwalmstadt, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., DIN A5, 1994 to 2010, issue 1 to 29
- Berker Bote, Past and Present, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., DIN A4, from issue No. 1/2011
Frequency of publication: twice a year
- Out and about in Wegberg, Sights - historical in our city, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., DIN A5, 1995 to 2010, issue 1 to 16
- Out and about in Wegberg, worth knowing, historical and sightseeing, Historischer Verein Wegberg e. V., DIN A4, from issue 1/2011
Frequency of publication: twice a year
- Parish letter from the parish of St. Martin Wegberg, information for the Wegberger parishes: St. Adelgundis Arsbeck, St. Vincentius Beeck, St. Rochus Dalheim, To the Holy Family Klinkum, St. Maternus Merbeck, St. Rochus Rath-Anhoven, St. Mary's Assumption Rickelrath, Heilig Geist Tüschenbroich, St. Peter and Paul Wegberg, St. Johann Baptist Wildenrath. Concept / design: artkonzeptkörner, Michael Körner, Wegberg, St. Martin Wegberg, DIN A4, from issue 1/2013. Frequency of publication: monthly
Series of publications
- Berker booklets, issue 1 to 6
- Beecker Blätter, essays on the past and present of our homeland, Heimatverein Beeck e. V., 1984 to 2004, issue 1 to 17
Web links
- Website of the city of Wegberg
- Monuments in the city of Wegberg
- Churches and chapels in the town of Wegberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ Kurt Lemkuhl: Place signs for the mill town . RP-Online . December 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ↑ a b city portrait . City of Wegberg. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ History of the community of Wegberg
- ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 200 .
- ^ Population in the Cologne district. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 11, 2012 .
- ↑ Population statistics as of June 30, 2019. In: Wegberg population statistics. Wegberg City Administration, June 30, 2019, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ E. Klueting / S. Panzer / A. Scholten: Monasticon Carmelitanum. Monasteries of the Carmelite Order (O.Carm) in Germany from the beginning to the present. Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012. Pages 941–944
- ↑ a b § 2 coat of arms, flag and seal. (PDF) In: Main Statute of the City of Wegberg. February 22, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Wegberg. In: Heraldry of the World (Wappen der Welt) - Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (municipality coat of arms / district coat of arms). Heraldrywiki, accessed August 28, 2017 (private website).
- ↑ The Ministry of the Interior informs: Final result for: Wegberg, Stadt. Retrieved June 17, 2014 .
- ^ Parliamentary groups - council of the city Wegberg . City of Wegberg. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Heckers: Tourism Cooperation. RP Digital GmbH, February 1, 2013, accessed on February 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Wegberg: A place of remembrance that admonishes and reminds. Retrieved June 9, 2014 .
- ↑ Wegberger Mill Tour . City of Wegberg. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ L Uevekoven water tower
- ↑ Wegberg: The Schwalm as an adventure world. Retrieved September 25, 2012 .
- ↑ The Schwalm becomes a «water experience». Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Wegberg: Experience water in the city park. Retrieved September 25, 2012 .
- ↑ Species aid program for hamsters . Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V .. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved on February 10, 2013.
- ↑ Wegberg cultural guide
- ↑ Wolfgang Bley: 20 years of school and club - a successful track record in swimming . Maximilian Kolbe Grammar School Wegberg. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ↑ The first years (1900-1918) . Turn- und Spielverein 1900 e. V. Wegberg. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ↑ Nordic Walking Park Stadt Wegberg. (No longer available online.) Heinsberger Tourist-Service e. V., archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved February 13, 2013 . 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.
- ↑ Cycling by numbers. (No longer available online.) Heinsberger Tourist-Service e. V., archived from the original on March 14, 2013 ; Retrieved February 16, 2013 . 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.
- ↑ Dialects in the Rhineland. Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History, accessed on July 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Wilhelm Hastenrath: det on dat van osser Platt, Issue No. 1, Where does the flat language come from? Ed .: Wilhelm Hastenrath. Mönchengladbach 1987, p. 30 .
- ↑ Dialect evening "De Berker Klängerstu'ef". Historical Association Wegberg, accessed on July 21, 2014 .
- ^ Wegberger Musikfrühling
- ^ Wegberger cultural summer
- ↑ opus512 - Concerts
- ↑ Art offensive. Retrieved February 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Wegberger Winterzauber ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Wegberger Mühle action group - lectures, visits
- ↑ schwalmbühne. Retrieved February 13, 2013 .
- ↑ VIAS | VEHICLES. Accessed December 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Norbert F. Schuldei: The forgotten drama on the Grenzlandring . Aachen newspaper. August 31, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ Wegberg: company directory. Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
- ^ DPSG youth education center Haus Sankt Georg. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ^ Directory of Berker Bote. Retrieved February 23, 2013 .
- ^ Directory Unterwegs_in_Wegberg. Retrieved February 23, 2013 .
- ↑ directory Berker_Hefte. Retrieved February 25, 2013 .
- ↑ directory Beecker_Blaetter. Retrieved February 25, 2013 .
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