Borth
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Borth
City of Rheinberg
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| Height : | 22 (21-25) m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 16.7 km² | |
| Residents : | 7348 (Oct 15, 2010) | |
| Population density : | 440 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 | |
| Postal code : | 47495 | |
| Primaries : | 02802, 02803 | |
Location of Borth in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Borth is a district in the north of the Lower Rhine city of Rheinberg . From 1951 until the municipal reorganization in 1975, Borth formed an independent municipality, which also included Wallach and Ossenberg , which today also belong to Rheinberg.
history
The area of the place originally belonged to the Duchy of Kleve , but fell to Prussia as part of the Jülich-Klevian inheritance disputes in 1614. The district of Ossenberg, which at the time belonged to the municipality of Borth, was under the double reign of the dukes of Kleve and the counts of Moers after the line of the Lords of Ossenberg had remained without descendants.
The Borther Church of St.Evermarus was built around 1300 at around the same time as Ossenberg Castle . The Ossenberg Castle was inhabited by him until the last Count Berghe von Trips died, who no longer had a direct heir. The real heir to the property would have been Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips , who became known as a racing car driver and who died in 1961 after a serious racing accident. Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips spent some time in his youth on this property. The Duke of Urach and his wife have lived in the castle since 1992. Extensive restoration work is taking place there again.
The castle chapel was extensively restored by a voluntary committee and thus saved from deterioration. Today this small chapel is a popular place for wedding celebrations in the Wesel district. With an altar, the old organ and many valuable old church facilities, it is extremely worth seeing.
The former community of Borth was one of the richest communities in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s due to the rock salt mine. An indoor swimming pool that was built during this time, fully canalised districts in Borth, Wallach and Ossenberg with beautiful streets were the hallmarks of the community in the 1960s. The area of the former municipality of Borth, which also included the districts of Wallach and Ossenberg, was united with the city of Rheinberg on January 1, 1975 as part of the municipal reorganization.
coat of arms
Blazon : in gold (yellow) split by a red bar, covered with three silver (white) diamonds.
Meaning: The coat of arms is based on that of the Counts of Moers . The red comes from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Kleve . The three diamonds stand for the places in the municipality - Borth, Ossenberg and Wallach - and represent salt crystals. They indicate salt mining in Borth.
Salt mine
The 230 million year old rock salt in Borth and the surrounding area was mined from 1906 by the company Deutsche Solvay-Werke , which built the Borth salt mine here. After a serious accident underground with several deaths at the start of mining and many other difficulties, it took another sixteen or twenty years before the shafts could be completed and the salt mined. Today the salt mine is the largest of its kind in Europe.
economy
Esco , formerly Solvay, is a major salt mining company based in Borth . The mine was built in 1906 with the intention of extracting hard coal, which was also mined until 1926. In 1930 the mine was finally geared towards the extraction of rock salt.
There is a Rhine port in Ossenberg, which primarily serves to ship the salt from the rock salt mine and to deliver limestone (soda production). About a kilometer outside of the village runs the route of an industrial railway that connects the port with the rock salt mine.
Borth is connected to regional road traffic by the federal highways 57 (Aachen-Kleve) and 58 (Geldern-Münster).
The closest railway line is the Duisburg-Xanten line of the NordWestBahn at Alpen train station , which guarantees a connection to the European rail network via Duisburg train station; the nearest airports are Düsseldorf International and Airport Weeze. The nearest train station is Wesel, as well as the city of Wesel, which is partly closer to Borth than Rheinberg.
Personalities
- Ursula Kamizuru (1953–2008), table tennis player; last lived in Borth and was buried there
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 296 .
- ↑ Description of the coat of arms "Heraldry of the World" ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
literature
- Fritz Hofmann, Hans Pattscheck (ed.): History book of the community Borth. Borth 1968, DNB 456166890 .
