Apweiler

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Apweiler
City of Geilenkirchen
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 12 "  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 33"  E
Height : 92-96 m
Residents : 134  (Dec 31, 2015)
Postal code : 52511
Area code : 02451
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Location of Apweiler in Geilenkirchen
View of Apweiler
View of Apweiler
War memorial in Apweiler
Signs for the NRW cycling network
Road development in Apweiler
Apweiler on the original cadastral map 1846
Apweiler on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

Apweiler ( Limburgisch : Apwielder ) is a district of the middle town Geilenkirchen in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Apweiler is located east of Geilenkirchen, not far from federal highway 56 and district road 24 . The village can be reached via Ederener Straße without through traffic.

Waters

The Beeckfließ (GEWKZ 28286) runs through Apweiler . If required, it absorbs rainwater and drains it away. The Beeckfließ was originally an open pit and service water canal from the former Carl Alexander mine in Baesweiler . It flows through the villages of Floverich , Apweiler, Beeck , Leiffarth and Honsdorf and flows into the Wurm after 13.3 km below Honsdorf . Before Beeck, the Beeckfließ picks up the water from the Gereonsweiler Fließ . Behind Beeck, the water of the Immendorfer Fließ flows in.

Neighboring places

Bumpers Beeck Gereonsweiler
Immendorf Neighboring communities Ederen
Floverich Loverich Puffendorf

Type of settlement

Apweiler is a hamlet built on both sides . The place and the surrounding area are rural.

history

Place name

  • 1280 Apwilre
  • 1483 Apwylre
  • 1666 Apweiler

Local history

Apweiler used to belong to the Jülich office of Geilenkirchen . Probably the place originally belonged to the lordship of Immendorf , in whose parish it is also located. Half a tithe in Apweiler appears in the 15th century as a Heinsberg fief , later as a fiefdom of the Geilenkirchen man chamber .

Apweiler had 186 inhabitants in 1828, in 1852 there were 165 inhabitants and belonged to the Immendorf mayor . In the course of the regional reform , the Immendorf- Würm office was dissolved on January 1, 1972. The legal successor is the city of Geilenkirchen ( Aachen Law (1971) ).

Church history

Apweiler forms the parish Immendorf with Immendorf and Waurichen . The majority of the population consists of Catholics . In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen , the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Peter Immendorf was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen.

Attractions

Infrastructure

  • In November 2012 131 people lived in Apweiler.
  • There are several farms , some with animal husbandry, as well as some small businesses.
  • A playground on Ederener Straße
  • Connection to the NRW cycling network

societies

  • Interest group of the local associations in the parish Immendorf, Waurichen, Apweiler
  • Carnival society Lott se loope Immenwauweiler

Regular events

  • Rose Monday procession of KG Immenwauweiler
  • St. Martin parade in Apweiler
  • Soap box race of the shooting youth

Street names

Am Fließ, Bückengracht, Ederener Strasse, Weißenstein

literature

  • Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg , page 113
  • Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls
  3. ^ 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. 310 .