Brand (Aachen)
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City of Aachen
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| Height : | 262 m |
| Residents : | 17,284 (Dec. 31, 2016) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 |
| Postcodes : | 52076, 52078 |
| Area code : | 0241 |
 Location of fire in Aachen
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Brand is a district of Aachen in the Aachen city region and has around 18,000 inhabitants. Brand is located in the southeast of Aachen and borders the districts of Kornelimünster , Forst, Oberforstbach and Eilendorf as well as the city of Stolberg (Rhld.) .
Until the regional reform, which came into effect on January 1, 1972, Brand was an independent municipality in what was then the Aachen district . Today's Brand District consists of the districts of Brand, Freund , Niederforstbach, Brander Feld, Rollef and Krauthausen . The political representation of the citizens of Brander is the district assembly Aachen-Brand, which consists of 13 members. Since the last local election on May 25, 2014, four parties have been represented in the Aachen Brand district council: CDU 6 mandates, SPD 4 mandates, Greens 2 mandates, FDP 1 mandate. The chairman of the district council and district mayor is Peter Tillmanns, who was elected as Herbert Henn's successor at the constituent meeting of the district council on June 11, 2014.
The highest point of Brands is the so-called Brander Wall, a noise protection wall on the A 44 motorway, which is 270.90 m above sea level. NN lies.
Coat of arms and symbols
The Brander coat of arms is horizontally divided into two parts and shows the Kornelius horn in the upper part as a symbol of the former affiliation to the former Reich Abbey of Kornelimünster . In the lower part it shows a burning mountain of three . Here the three hills symbolize the three districts of Brands Freund, Brand and Niederforstbach, each of which is located on a small hill. The fire stands for the place name Brand , but its etymological origin has not been conclusively clarified.
The symbol of the Brand district is the Brander bull , whose bronze statue is on the market square. It is probably derived from the Kornelius horn in the coat of arms and at the same time symbolizes the alleged stubbornness of the residents of Brand.
Brandy Heath
The English Count de Rice, whose personal details are unknown, bought the treeless site of Brander Heide (today's area around Nordstrasse and Erberichshofstrasse to Eilendorferstrasse) from the abbot of Kornelimünster on August 30, 1780, with an area of more than 300 acres between the villages Brand, Rollef and Freund with Gut Neuenhof, Krummerrück and Hebscheider Hof, in order to set up several houses and a racecourse there. In 1789 the count went bankrupt with his companies and the site was foreclosed. Later the area went back to the community of Brand, which then had a racecourse with grandstands etc. built. In July 1821 the probably oldest modern horse race in the English style was held there on the occasion of a planned visit by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. aligned.
In the 19th century the horse races enjoyed great popularity here, organized around 1830 by the industrialist James Cockerill based on the English model and expanded further from 1870 by his grandchildren and respected gentlemen riders Otto and Henry Suermondt and as the nucleus of the later Aachen-Laurensberger racing club served. The construction of the Vennbahn in 1883 and the Brand Railway Station, which opened in 1885 and near which the main grandstand of the horse-drawn tram ran, enabled increased spectator flows from the wider area. Not only in German equestrian sport, but also internationally, the Brander Heide became known in relevant horse racing circles as far as Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris and London. In addition to their spa stay and playing fun in Aachen, both the aristocratic and “well-heeled” bourgeois society attended the races, as did the simple Aachen population. The Brander “national anthem” “ Vür fahre met de Modder noh dr Brand ” can also be understood in connection with these horse races, which are attended by many Aacheners. The bronze sculpture With Child and Cone by Bonifatius Stirnberg is a reminder of those old times in front of Sparkasse Trierer Straße.
Despite international advertising, there were financial bottlenecks and the equestrian events were discontinued by the Aachen racing club after the last race in 1896 , but from 1923 onwards by the Aachen-Laurensberger racing club founded in 1898 in the Soers . Instead, the extensive area in Brand now served as a take-off and landing site for flight demonstrations of the first propeller planes. In the beginning it was primarily the Aachen aviation pioneer and aircraft designer Erich Lochner who amazed the audience with his performances in 1910/11. Later, the Aachener Verein für Luftschifffahrt , which was founded in 1911 and which included not only private individuals but also important scientists from RWTH Aachen University , officers, and respected business people and entrepreneurs, wanted to lease the site for its activities and had maintenance and assembly halls built for this purpose. In the period that followed, numerous flight days with international participation took place here until 1913. Despite these initial successes, the activities on the airfield had to be discontinued because the association had miscalculated and overindebted and even a call by the incumbent Mayor Veltman for a "national flight donation" could not change anything.
population
On December 31, 2015, 17,182 residents lived in Aachen-Brand.
Structural data of the population on fire:
- Population density: 12.8 inhabitants per hectare (Aachen average: 15.8 inhabitants per hectare)
- Average age: 44.09 years (Aachen average: 40.63 years)
- Proportion of foreigners: 8.2% (Aachen average: 16.9%)
- Unemployment rate: 6.2% (Aachen average: 8.9%)
Infrastructure
Brand has a junction with the ( Autobahn 44 ), a comprehensive school (Städt. Gesamtschule Aachen-Brand) and three primary schools (GGS Brander Feld, Karl-Kuck-Schule, Marktschule ). The Catholic parish of St. Donatus has a church and the Vincenz Chapel in Niederforstbach. The former Church of the Redeemer was converted into a columbarium in 2015 . There is also the Evangelical Martin Luther Church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . In addition, Brand has had its own public library with the St. Donatus Book Island since 1857 and its own theater since 1998 with the Brand Theater .
In addition to its own police station, there is also a guard from the volunteer fire department of the city of Aachen. In addition, the Aachen branch of the technical relief organization is based in Brand .
As part of the Brander Wald training area, the 165 hectare Brander Wald nature reserve is located between Brand and Stolberg .
Brand Railway Station (Rhineland)
With the Station Fire (Rheinland) Fire used to have a station at the Vennbahn . The station was opened as Brand Bahnhof on December 1, 1885 and renamed to Brand (Rhineland) in the 1950s . It was located between Trierer Straße and Eckenerstraße (see location ), which were crossed with level crossings. Passenger traffic was stopped on May 29, 1960, and finally freight traffic on April 1, 1980. The tracks from Brand to Kornelimünster were dismantled in 1982, after the line was closed on August 31, 1984, the remaining section to Aachen- Rothe Erde was dismantled in 1985.
The former railway line from Aachen Rothe Erde via Brand to Ulflingen is now used as a cycle and pedestrian path and is known as the Vennbahnweg . The reception building of the station was rebuilt and houses a restaurant.
societies
sports clubs
- DJK Raspo Brand e. V. (largest local sports club with around 1,500 members in several branches)
- Borussia Brand
- FC Germania 1919 Freund e. V.
- Brander Swimming Club 1973 e. V.
- Brander Turnverein 1883 e. V. (with a judo team (women) in the 1st Bundesliga)
- Tennis Club Aachen-Brand e. V.
- Riding and Driving Association 1954 Brand e. V.
- Disabled sports community Brand
- Philips flight group Aachen e. V. (association headquarters in fire)
- First Aachen base and softball club 1989 e. V. Aachen Greyhounds
- Schachfreunde Brand 1981 e. V.
Shooting societies
- St. Vincenz Archers Society Niederforstbach 1891 e. V.
- St. Donatus Shooting Society 1834 fire
- St. George Rifle Brotherhood 1879 friend
Culture and music
- Drummers and Whistlers Corps 1919 fire
- JoB - Youth Orchestra Brand
- Chorgemeinschaft Humor-Harmonie e. V.
- Church choir St. Donatus Brand
- Theater fire
- Theaterfreunde Brand 1903 e. V.
- Choir Schola Nova (St. Donatus)
- Friends may boys
- Foolish friend
- First Great Brander Carnival Society
- Prinzengarde Brander bulls
- Brander Unterähner
- Association of German Catholic Youth
- Mobilé St. Donatus, open child and youth work
- Altar servants Saint Donatus Church of the Redeemer
- KJG brand
- DPSG Stamm Brand-Kornelimünster
- PSG Tribe Brand
- Bird friends colorful
- Dog sport club Aachen-Brand
- Youth and encounters in the Brander Feld e. V.
- KG Brand and Fründe 05
- Rolling Stones Club Aachen - Stolberg
Fire bull at a toilet block
Memorial to the dead of the First World War .
Brand market school
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics (, csv) December 31, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
- ^ 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. 305 .
- ^ Archives for the month of July 2018 from the city of Aachen
literature
- Kratz, Christian: St. Donatus in Aachen fire. Einhard-Verlag, Aachen 2000.
- Jeuckens, Robert: History of the community and parish brand. Publications of the Episcopal Diocesan Archives Aachen, Vol. 21, Aachen 1954.
- Home pages of the district of Aachen. Vol. 6, No. 3, July 1936.
- Fire. A place changes. Edited by the Bürgererverein Brand e. V., Aachen 1985.
- Brand Heimatkundliche Blätter 1, 1990 ff.
- Aachen News from September 6, 2013.
- www.aachen.de (Council Information System / District Representations).
