Alt-Viersen

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Alt-Viersen
City of Viersen
Alt-Viersen coat of arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 23 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 33–85 m above sea level NN
Area : 31.64 km²
Residents : 38,350  (December 31, 2017)
(City of Viersen: facts and figures)
Population density : 1,212 inhabitants / km²
Postcodes : 41747, 41748
Area code : 02162
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The municipality Alt-Viersen in Viersen city
Festival hall in Alt-Viersen with the old city arms

Alt-Viersen is a district of the district town Viersen in the west of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia . The area of Alt-Viersen corresponds to the smaller, but (still) independent city of Viersen, as it existed until December 31, 1969. On January 1, 1970, the city of Viersen was considerably enlarged by incorporating the neighboring cities of Dülken and Süchteln as well as the municipality of Boisheim , and the previous city of Viersen was only one district of the new expanded urban area. To better distinguish between the district of Viersenand the new, larger city ​​of Viersen has since the 1970s developed the name Alt-Viersen in the local colloquial language for the city district and has become generally accepted, so that the term is now used by the city administration itself.

With around 37,000 inhabitants, Alt-Viersen is the largest district in the city of Viersen. Local mayor is Anne Kolanus ( CDU ), her deputy Annalena Rönsberg ( SPD ).

geography

Regional assignment

As a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian district town of Viersen, Alt-Viersen belongs to the district of the same name , which is part of the Lower Rhine region and is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region and the Euregio Rhine-Maas-North , which in Viersen overlap with the Lower Rhine region.

Neighboring places

Alt-Viersen borders in the north on the Viersen district of Süchteln , in the west on the Viersen district of Dülken , in the south on the Mönchengladbach district north , in the southeast on the Mönchengladbach district east , and in the east on the two Willich districts Neersen and Anrath .

Districts

In addition to the northern inner city, which developed from the eponymous former village of Viersen, the district of Alt-Viersen includes the following districts, localities , villages and hamlets : Beberich (with Ober- and Unterbeberich), Bockert , Bötzlöh , Donk , Düpp , Hamm , Heimer , Helenabrunn , Hoser , Hülsdonk , Löh , Noppdorf , Rahser (with Ober- and Unterrahser), Rintgen (with the southern part of Viersen ), Robend (with city ​​park Robend ), Ompert and Ummer .

Nature reserves

With the Bockerter Heide and the Rintger Bruch there are two designated nature reserves exclusively in the area of ​​the Alt-Viersen district. In the Rahser Bruch / Dorfer Bruch area near the Niers, part of the Salbruch nature reserve also extends to Alt-Viersen.

traffic

Road traffic

Federal highways

The area of ​​Alt-Viersen is affected by two federal motorways, namely the A  A52and the A A61, and the A is  not far away  A44.

  • The motorway A52( Düsseldorf - Roermond ) runs in sections over the (old) Viersen area, but it can only be reached from Alt-Viersen via the two junctions "Mönchengladbach-Nord" ( AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 8) or "Mönchengladbach-Hardt" ( AB-AS-blau.svgNo. . 6), both of which are already in Mönchengladbach city area.
  • To the motorway A61( Venlo - Hockenheim ) there are the two junctions "Viersen" ( AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 7) and "Mackenstein" ( AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 8) on the western edge of Alt-Viersen .
  • In the neighboring town of Neersen there is another junction ("Neersen", No. 22) on the A  A44( Mönchengladbach - VelbertAB-AS-blau.svg ), which can be easily reached from Alt-Viersen.

State and district roads

The four-lane L116, here in the south of Alt-Viersen between the hamlets of Hamm and Ummer as Kölnische Straße , is one of the main traffic axes in the Viersen / Mönchengladbach area , along with the A 44 , A 52 and A 61 motorways .

Alt-Viersen is crossed by the following four North Rhine-Westphalian state roads:

  • L 29  : From Nettetal via Boisheim , Dülken and the “Viersen” motorway junction (AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 7 on the A A61) to Alt-Viersen, here via Dülkener Straße , Freiheitsstraße , Alte Bruchstraße and Krefelder Straße and continue in the direction of the “ Neersen ”junction(AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 22 at the A A44). This is the former federal highway B7.
  • L 39  : From Mönchengladbach-Hardt via the motorway junction of the same name (AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 6 on the A A52) and Rasseln , in Alt-Viersen through the districts of Bockert and Hoser via Hardter Straße to Willy-Brandt-Ring , further on Freiheitsstraße ( L 39 ) and Süchtelner Straße in the Rahser districtto Süchteln and Grefrath .
  • L 71  : From Mönchengladbach through the Altviersen districts of Ummer and Beberich as Gladbacher Straße to Rintgen and on via Große Bruchstraße and Krefelder Straße to the fork with the Alte Bruchstraße ( L 29 ) at the crossroads there. This is the former federal highway B59.
  • L 116  : From Mönchengladbach in four lanes via the motorway junction "Mönchengladbach-Nord" (AB-AS-blau.svgNo. 8 on the A A52) through the Altviersen districts of Heimer / Helenabrunn , Ummer and Hamm as Kölnische Straße , in eastern Rintgen further as Freiheitsstraße , north of the junction of Freiheitsstraße / Alte Bruchstraße / Lindenstraße Continuation as L 29 towards Nettetal ( see above! ).

The district roads K 5 , K 6 , K 8 and K 18 also run through the Alt-Viersen area .

Rail transport

The station building on the south side of the Viersen train station.

railroad

The two railway lines Mönchengladbach - Duisburg and Mönchengladbach - Venlo run through Alt-Viersen today . For example, from the overpass over Gerberstraße to the Mönchengladbach city ​​limits south of Alt-Viersen, both routes run on the same embankment, where the two train stations “ Viersen ” and “ Viersen-Helenabrunn ” are located in the Alt-Viersen area. While passenger traffic at the Helenabrunn train station, which is located on the western edge of the Heimer district, was discontinued in 1965, the “Viersen” train station is still in operation as a passenger train stop. Here you can board the two regional express linesRE 11 and RE 13 as well as to the regional train line RB 33.

Viersen station was also the end point of the Neuss – Viersen railway line , which was shut down and dismantled between Kaarst and Viersen . The responsible administrations are now considering restoring the section between Kaarst and Viersen and the S-Bahn line currently (2012) ending at Kaarst SeeP 28(" Regiobahn ") to be extended at least to Viersen, but probably beyond that to the Dutch border station in Venlo .

In addition to the “ Viersen ” and “ Viersen-Helenabrunn ” train stations, Alt-Viersen used to have a third passenger train station, namely the “ Viersen CEG ” terminus of the Crefeld Railway Company (CEG) in Rahserfeld. However, passenger traffic was stopped here in 1949. The CEG route was popularly known as " Schluff " and led via Süchteln and St.Tönis to Krefeld and on via Hüls to Moers . Between St. Tönis and Hülser Berg , a remaining section of this route is still in operation as a museum railway ; in the Viersen city area, most of this route has been converted into a cycle path.

Earlier tram

Between 1906 and 1965 there was a tram operation in Alt-Viersen . First, from 1906 a tram line ran from Mönchengladbach via Alt-Viersen to Dülken , from 1907 two more routes were added, namely to Süchteln and from Altviersener Hauptstrasse along Bahnhofstrasse to Viersen station. From 1907 on, this small network was used for decades by at least two lines, one of which led from Mönchengladbach via Alt-Viersen to Süchteln and the other from Dülken via the Altviersen city center to the Viersen train station. At times in later years a third line operated as a high-speed line between today's Sparkasse forecourt and Mönchengladbach. The route in the Altviersen city center was essentially single-lane through the main street, including today's pedestrian zone, in both directions.

In 1955, the sections between Remigiusplatz and Süchteln, Remigiusplatz and Dülken and between the Sparkasse forecourt and Viersener Bahnhof were discontinued, but initially one line remained that ran from Remigiusplatz through Hauptstraße and further along Gladbacher Straße via Beberich , Ummer and the Helenabrunn stop , signposted to Mönchengladbach. In 1959, operations between Remigiusplatz and the signpost at Helenabrunn were also stopped. The Mönchengladbach tram then ran one stop in the Altviersen city area to Helenabrunn until 1965 , signpost . Then this last small section of the Viersen tram was shut down, while Mönchengladbach still operated trams until 1969.

Bus transport

The Viersen bus station.

As a district of Viersen, Alt-Viersen is part of the traffic and tariff area of ​​the Rhine-Ruhr transport association . A total of 16 bus lines operate in Alt-Viersen and connect the Altviersen districts with each other on the one hand, and Alt-Viersen with almost all neighboring towns (except Mönchengladbach-Hardt ) on the other . Apart from Tönisvorst-St.Tönis, there are also connections to all other main towns in the Viersen district : Brüggen , Grefrath , Kempen , Nettetal-Lobberich , Niederkrüchten , Schwalmtal-Waldniel and Willich . The two BVR lines 071 and 094 also connect Alt-Viersen with the Düsseldorf suburbs of Meerbusch and Kaarst , where there is a connection to the city ​​railway or S-Bahn network.

The bus operation in Alt-Viersen is carried out by a total of 3 transport companies, namely by

The central stop is the bus station in Altviersen city center at Rathausmarkt, which is served by all lines (except bus line 007). The following lines operate in Alt-Viersen:

Local public transport in Alt-Viersen
(sections of the route outside of Alt-Viersen in italics )
Type line route Hints
Bus logo Basel.png SB 87 Viersen, bus station. - Anrath  - Tönisvorst-Vorst  - Kempen  - Mulhouse  - Grefrath  - Lobberich , Doerkesplatz Schnellbus , NEW Viersen and Rhineland bus services
Bus logo Basel.png SB 88 Viersen train station  - Viersen, bus terminal. - Hoser  - Mackenstein  - Schwalmtal  - Niederkrüchten  - Elmpt  - Brüggen Express bus , NEW M'gladbach
Bus logo Basel.png CE 89 Mackenstein  - Dülken  - Viersen bus station. - Viersen train station  - Hamm  - Ummer  - Heimer  - Helenabrunn , signpost / Mönchengladbach Hbf CityExpress , NEW Viersen
bus 007 Viersen-Heimer  - M'gladbach-Lockhütte  - Bettrath  - Hoven  - Neuwerk, Markt  - Uedding  - Lürrip  - Mönchengladbach Hbf  - M'gladbach, Alter Markt  - M'gladbach-Holt, Hehnerholt NEW M'gladbach
Bus logo Basel.png 009 ( Süchteln  - Viersen bus station - Gereonsplatz  - Beberich  - Ummer  -) Helenabrunn , signpost - M'gladbach, Alter Markt  - M'gladbach Hbf  - M'gladbach, Ohlerfeld NEW M'gladbach , the section between Süchteln and Wegweiser is only used occasionally.
Bus logo Basel.png 019 ( Vinkrath  - Grefrath  -) Süchteln  - Viersen Busbf. - Gereonsplatz  - Beberich  - Ummer  - Helenabrunn , signpost - M'gladbach, Alter Markt  - M'gladbach Hbf  - Rheydt, Hbf NEW M'gladbach , the section between Vinkrath and Süchteln is not always used.
Bus logo Basel.png 071 Viersen, bus station. - Gereonsplatz  - Krefelder Str./Kanalstr.  - Krefelder Str./Robend  - Anrath  - Willich  - Meerbusch ,  Haus Meer Stadtbahn.svg Bus traffic in Rhineland
Am Haus Meer is connected to the  Düsseldorf light rail .
Bus logo Basel.png 080 Hamm, Helmholtzstr.  - Gereonsplatz  - Viersen, bus station. - Löh  - Schirick  - Bistard  - Dülken, Straelener Weg NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 081 Düpp , Im Wolfhahn - Robend  - Krefelder Str./Kanalstr.  - Viersen, bus terminal. - Gereonsplatz  - Hoser  - Bockert , cross NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 082 Düpp , Im Wolfhahn - Robend , Stadtwaldallee - Viersen, train station  - Gereonsplatz  - Viersen, bus station. - Hoser  - Bockert , cross NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 083 Dülken , Am Drouvenhof - Ransberg  - Viersen, bus station. - Gereonsplatz  - Viersen, train station  - Krefelder Str./Kanalstr.  - Rahser  - Sittard  - addicts ,  adolescent psychiatry NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 085 Dülken , Straelener Weg - Ransberg  - Viersen, bus station. NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 086 Beberich , Berliner Höhe - Gereonsplatz  - Viersen, bus station. - Rahser , Notburgastr. NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 087 Beberich , Berliner Höhe - Gereonsplatz  - Viersen, bus station. - Krefelder Str./Kanalstr.  - Rahser , Notburgastr. NEW Viersen
Bus logo Basel.png 092 Viersen, bus station. - Dülken  - Boisheim  - Dyck  - Lobberich , Doerkesplatz Bus traffic in Rhineland
Bus logo Basel.png 094 Viersen, bus station. - Krefelder Str./Gillessen  - Krefelder Str./Kanalstr.  - Krefelder Str./Robend  - Neersen  - Schiefbahn  - Kaarster See S-Bahn-Logo.svg Bus traffic in Rhineland
Am Kaarster See is connected to the   S28 S-Bahn (" Regiobahn ").
Status: April 2012

schools

The two-gate school in the Bockert district .
The former Astrid Lindgren School on Krefelder Straße in Hülsdonk is now a branch of the Rahser municipal primary school .

Elementary schools

  • Agnes van Brakel School, Ummertalweg 51 ( Helenabrunn )
  • Albert Schweitzer School (unesco project school), Bachstrasse 201 ( Hamm )
  • Municipal Catholic primary school on Zweorstrasse, Zweorstrasse 1 ( Bockert )
  • Körnerschule - Community Primary School Viersen Stadtmitte, Klosterstraße 8 (Stadtmitte, Rintgen )
  • Remigius School - Municipal Catholic Primary School, Portiunkulaweg 20 (city center)
  • Municipal primary school Rahser (Astrid-Lindgren-Schule), Regentenstraße 43 ( Rahser )

Special schools

  • Diergardtschule (special school for people with learning disabilities), Rektoratstrasse 76 (city center)
  • Special school for the district of Viersen (emotional and social development), Team Viersen, Am Schluff 18 ( Rahser )
  • Special school for speech-impaired people, Gereonstraße 82 ( Rintgen )

Secondary level I and II schools

  • Anne Frank Comprehensive School Viersen, grades 5 to 8, Rahserstraße 134 and 139 (Rahser)
  • Anne Frank Comprehensive School Viersen, grades 9 to 13, Lindenstraße 7 (city center)
  • Realschule at the Josefskirche, An der Josefskirche 25 (Rintgen)
  • Erasmus-von-Rotterdam-Gymnasium Viersen, Konrad-Adenauer-Ring 30 ( Löh )

Other school facilities

  • District Music School Viersen, Heimbachstraße 12 (Rintgen)
  • Agricultural School - Higher Agricultural School, Gereonstraße 80 (Rintgen)
  • Viersen District Adult Education Center, Willy-Brandt-Ring 40 (city center)

Worth seeing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Viersen: Main statutes of the city of Viersen of December 14, 1994 (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 10, 2012; PDF; 29 kB)
  2. ^ City of Viersen: Keyword search for "Alt-Viersen". Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ City of Viersen: facts and figures (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 10, 2012)
  4. ↑ City of Viersen: local mayors (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 10, 2012)
  5. ↑ RP Online: Nettetal: Farewell to the B 7 (online presentation by the Rheinische Post from August 2, 2010, accessed on April 12, 2012)
  6. ↑ Christian Kotschi: Course book section 425 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ District of Viersen: INTERREG-A projects "Regiobahn" (official website of the district of Viersen, accessed on April 14, 2012)
  8. ↑ City of Viersen: New Year's address by Mayor Günter Thönnessen at the New Year's reception of the City of Viersen on January 14, 2011 ( Memento from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 48 kB)
  9. ^ A b Jürgen Lehmann: Tram in Mönchengladbach , published by: Verlag Kenning , Nordhorn 1997, ISBN 3-927587-62-1
  10. ↑ a b Timetable 2011 in the district of Viersen, published by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR)
  11. ↑ Agnes-van-Brakel-Schule (website of the Agnes-van-Brakel-Schule, Viersen-Helenabrunn, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  12. ↑ Albert Schweitzer School (unesco project school) ( Memento from December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Welcome to the city's website. Catholic primary school on Zweorstrasse
    (website of the municipal catholic primary school on Zweorstrasse, Viersen-Bockert, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  14. ^ Körnerschule - GGS Viersen Stadtmitte (website of the Körnerschule, Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  15. ↑ Welcome to the website of the Remigius School Viersen (website of the Remigius School, Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  16. ↑ a b Schools in Viersen: Municipal Community Primary School Rahser (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  17. ^ Diergardschule Viersen ( Memento from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ Special School for Emotional and Social Development. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 10, 2020 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sfekv.de
  19. ↑ Schools in Viersen: Special School for Language Disabled People (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  20. ↑ a b Anne Frank Comprehensive School Viersen (Internet presence of the Anne Frank Comprehensive School, Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  21. ↑ Realschule at the Josefskirche - Welcome! (Website of the Realschule an der Josefskirche, Viersen-Rintgen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  22. ↑ Erasmus-von-Rotterdam-Gymnasium (website of the Erasmus-von-Rotterdam-Gymnasium, Viersen-Löh, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  23. ↑ Kreismusikschule Viersen (website of the Kreismusikschule Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  24. ↑ Schools in Viersen: Landwirtschaftsschule Höhere Landbauschule (official website of the city of Viersen, accessed on April 16, 2012)
  25. ↑ Welcome to the homepage of the Viersen Regional Adult Education Center (Viersen Regional Adult Education Center, accessed on April 16, 2012)