Broich (Mönchengladbach)

Broich City of Mönchengladbach Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 28 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	67 m
Postal code :	41179
Area code :	02161
Location of Broich in Mönchengladbach
Tranchot map with Dahlenerbroich northwest of Dahlen

Broich (with Rhenish Dehnungs-i , pronounced Brooch ) is a Honschaft (district) of the district Rheindahlen-Land in the city ​​district West (until October 22, 2009 Rheindahlen ) in Mönchengladbach .

geography

Broich is located on the western outskirts of Mönchengladbach to the city limits of the districts of Heinsberg and Wegberg . The Knippertzbach flows through Broich . Rheindahlen, the main town of the Honschaft, is about one kilometer as the crow flies in a south-easterly direction. Broich mainly consists of two streets (Rochusstraße and Broicher Straße). The village is around 1.5 kilometers long in north-south expansion.

Neighboring communities

JHQ Rheindahlen	cook	Gerkerathwinkel
JHQ Rheindahlen		Gerkerath
Woof	Merreter	Rheindahlen

Parish

The church was built in 1904/05. The parish of the same name, St. Rochus, with an attached cemetery, parish hall and primary school is located on Rochusstrasse. The pastor of the parish is Harald Josephs. Broich is a chapel community . On Broicher Strasse, coming from Rheindahlen, there is a prayer house on the right-hand side, enclosed in a larger chapel property . The St. Sebastian chapel was built in 1759 and is the oldest in the parish of St. Rochus in the Rheindahlen parish of St. Helena . She stands on 2 June 1987 under monument protection . The framework is made with white plastered partitions. The chapel has a hipped tiled roof with a ridge turret and a bell. The inscription PLEASE, SO YOU WILL BE RECEIVED is embedded in the lintel . The chapel had to be relocated in 1954 due to the widening of Broicher Straße. The last repair work on the chapel took place in 2000.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Mönchengladbach

The architectural monuments of the place:

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  The Church of
  St. Rochus

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  The rectory

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  The Chapel of
  St. Sebastian

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  A half-timbered courtyard

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  An air raid shelter

societies

The sports and leisure facilities consist of the club area of ​​SC Broich- Peel and a playground . The club has around 400 members and, in addition to football teams of various classes, also consists of a popular sports team with activities for the whole family. The first soccer team of the club plays in the district league C Mönchengladbach.

The Schutterij St. Rochus depends on the weekend after Pentecost the annual shooting match of the place from.

bus connections

The four bus stops Broich Schule , Rochusstraße , Weg nach Woof and Broich Kapellchen on lines 025 , 026 and 027 of NEW AG provide a connection to local public transport.

Web links

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

• SC Schwarz-Weiß Broich-Peel 1927 eV . SC Schwarz-Weiß Broich-Peel 1927 eV. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
• Parish of St. Rochus Broich-Peel . Parish. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
• St. Rochus Schützenbruderschaft Broich-Peel eV . Helmuth Rüskens. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
• Thomas Grulke: It's a great place to celebrate . RP Digital GmbH. March 12, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

Individual references and references

1. ↑ Monuments in the city of Mönchengladbach - No. B 045 . Bernd Limburg. September 12, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
2. ↑ The inconspicuous piece of jewelry . RP Digital GmbH. March 12, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
3. ^ Information from SC Broich-Peel . SC Schwarz-Weiß Broich-Peel 1927 eV. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
4. ↑ Thomas Grulke: It's a great place to celebrate . RP Digital GmbH. March 12, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
5. ↑ Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Ed.): Route plan Mönchengladbach / Jüchen / Korschenbroich . Gelsenkirchen April 2012 ( vrr.de [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on February 2, 2014]). Line map Mönchengladbach / Jüchen / Korschenbroich ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 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.