Up to now

Up to now City of Wesel Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 45 "  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 35"  E
Area :	36.53 km²
Residents :	2560  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	46487
Primaries :	02859, 0281
View over the Rhine to the Bislicher Deich and the Church of St. Johannes

Bislich is a district of the city of Wesel , which together with the districts of Bergerfurth and Diersfordt forms the district of Bislich. So far, including the nature reserves Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum and Droste Woy and Westerheide, lies directly on the Rhine (kilometer 825) opposite Xanten . The entire Bislich district has 2,560 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018).

geography

The Bislich district is located in the northwest of the Wesel urban area. It is rural, in the south and west by the banks of the Rhine and the Rheinaue, especially in the area around the village of Bislich by agricultural use and in the east and northeast by the extensive Diersfordt forest. The area close to the Rhine and the Diersfordt Forest are both integrated into nature reserves. In addition, there are several quarry ponds in the Bislicher area, including the Diersfordter Waldsee . Bislich has the largest area of ​​Wesel's five districts, but has the smallest population and by far the lowest population density. The district includes the formerly independent municipality of Diersfordt, which, apart from its small core town and the Diersfordter Waldsee, mainly comprises an extensive forest area that extends to the edge of the Wesel district of Flüren . Like Diersfordt, the small Bergerfurth settlement is also designated as a separate district within the district, but was previously part of the Bislich community. In addition to the above-mentioned localities, Bislich has a number of farmers , i.e. scattered rural settlements, including: Bergen, Feldwick, Laak, Jöckern, Loh, Mars, Marwick, Schüttwich, Steinberg, Vahnum and Vissel. Formally, there is a further subdivision into Bislich-Ortskern and Bislich-Land.

Districts in the Bislich district

Surname	Area in km²	Residents 2019	Inhabitants per km²
Bislich-Land	16.09	464	29
Bergerfurth	2.38	125	53
Bislich town center	10.67	1,695	159
Diersfordt	7.39	276	37
total	36.53	2,560	70

From the village of Bislich, the distance to Wesel city center by road is around 12 kilometers and Rees is around 15 kilometers away. The distance to Xanten on the left bank of the Rhine is only around three kilometers as the crow flies, but there is only a direct ferry connection in summer, which can also not be used by motorized traffic. Due to the size of the district, the distances to the nearby cities differ significantly. The Bislich district borders in the northwest on the city of Rees with its districts Haffen and Mehr , in the north and northeast on Hamminkeln with Mehrhoog and Hamminkeln, in the west on Wesel Flüren , in the south along the Rhine on Wesel Büderich and in the west along the Rhine to Xanten.

history

The settlement of Bislich began in the early Middle Ages, including a large burial ground from the 6th to 9th centuries. Century testifies. Some very rich burials date from the 7th century. a. that of a woman with a car. Possibly the settlement belonging to the burial ground is identical to the place Lippeham , which Charlemagne visited several times between 799 and 810 and thus also the place where Charles's elephant Abul Abbas died. Over the centuries a village of farmers, fishermen and sailors developed.

The Rhine flood of 1688 caused severe damage to, among other things, the Catholic Church of St. John , the formation of which can be traced back to 1180. It was rebuilt and the dike was relocated to protect it . In 1729 a Protestant church was built; In 1784 another flood caused severe damage. Thereupon Frederick the Great ordered an artificial shift of the Rhine, which created the Bislicher Graben, which roughly corresponds to the course of the Rhine at the end of the 20th century. This intervention created the Bislicher Insel , which is one of the most important nature reserves in the Lower Lower Rhine .

Ferry to Bislicher Island

In 1855 there was a dike breach, in which parts of Bislich were flooded and the last time there were flood deaths. In 1912 the electrical supply reached Bislich, and two years later the Rees-Bislich-Wesel small train started operating. In 1991 the Bislich - Xanten ferry connection, mentioned in the 12th century, was resumed.

In terms of local politics, Bislich belonged to the mayor's office in Ringenberg from 1816 to 1927 , then to the office of the same name until 1974 and has been part of Wesel since January 1, 1975.

In 1987 Bislich was awarded gold village at the district level and silver village at the state level in the competition My village should be more beautiful . In 1991 Bislich was again gold village at the district level and bronze village at the state level.

coat of arms

Blazon : In the divided shield above in blue growing in silver (white) St. John, Evangelist, with a book and a chalice with a snake; at the bottom in red half a silver (white) label on the dividing line, overlaid with half a golden (yellow) lily reel.

Meaning: The coat of arms is taken from the old Schöffensiegel Bislichs. The lower half of the shield contains the lily reel, also called the Glevenkreuz or Lilienkreuz, the coat of arms of the Dukes of Kleve, as a sign of the affiliation of the municipality of Bislich to the Duchy of Kleve .

tourism

The fortified Rhine dike and numerous cycle paths are used by cyclists and skaters. The “Keer Tröch II” passenger ferry runs between Bislich and Xanten -Beek from April 1 to November 1 on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10 am to 7 pm, and from October 1 to 6 pm. In the cultural area, Bislich has the Bislich Museum , which includes the local history museum established in 1983, the Rhein-Deich-Museum opened in May 2000 and the Brick Museum, which was inaugurated in 2006. As a tourist specialty, the myriameter stones are worth mentioning (see picture above). In the Diersfordt district, Diersfordt Castle is an important sight and venue.

View from the dike over the Rheinaue to Xanten

Web links

• So far on the website of the city of Wesel
• www.bislich.de
• Some pictures from Bislich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} population figures (wesel.de). Official population with main and secondary residence.
2. ↑ Bislich (wesel.de)
3. ↑ Statistics on geoportal-wesel.de
4. ^ Frank Siegmund: Merovingian time on the Lower Rhine. Rhenish excavations 34. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1989, pp. 278/279.
5. ^ Walter Janssen: The saddle fittings from grave 446 of the Franconian cemetery of Wesel-Bislich. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 11, 1981, pp. 149-169; ders., The Franconian cemetery of Wesel-Bislich. Journal for Archeology of the Middle Ages 18/19, 1990/91, pp. 71–116.
6. ↑ Ingo Runde: Ranges, Rivers and Roads. On the function and importance of topographical aspects in border conflicts in the early and high medieval Xanten area. With an excursus on references between the Gereons Chapel in Xanten 'in the marshes' and the 'Battle of Birten' in AD 939, in: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 77, 2013, pp. 25–58, here p. 36.
7. ^ Website of the St. Johanneskirche Bislich
8. ^ 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. 297 .
9. ↑ Description of the coat of arms
10. ^ Website of the three Bislicher museums