Mountain (Wegberg)

mountain City of Wegberg Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 20 ″ N , 6 ° 16 ′ 45 ″ E
Height :	61–63 m above sea level NN
Residents :	87 (Jun 30, 2012)
Postal code :	41844
Area code :	02434

St. Brigida Chapel in Berg

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

geography

Berg is located northeast of Wegberg outside of the Grenzlandring .

Neighboring places

	Rickelrath
Harbeck		bush
	Wegberg

history

The village of Berg was part of the Beeck parish in earlier times. Berg is very likely to be one of the places "berge", "richolferod" and "wazzarlar" (Wegberg-Berg, Rickelrath and Watern) mentioned for the first time in 966 in a certificate by Otto the Great. The chapel in Berg, located near the main road , a brick building with a small roof turret , is dedicated to St. Brigida, was consecrated in 1870 and used to be a pilgrimage chapel .

Infrastructure

In June 2011 there were 93 people living in Berg. In the industrial area to have leather-settled iron and plastic processing and eisenveredelnde businesses. But there is also a car dealership and small businesses. A bus and school bus stop provides connections to the schools as well as to the cities of Wegberg, Erkelenz and Mönchengladbach .

Attractions

St. Brigida Chapel, as memorial no.24

societies

Berg village community
Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , also responsible for the village of Berg

literature

Wegberg cultural guide. City Marketing Team of the City of Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, p. 55.

Web links

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