Broich (Kempen)

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Broich
City of Kempen
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 10 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 55"  E
Incorporation : April 1, 1913
Incorporated into: St. Hubert
Postal code : 47906
Area code : 02152
Broich (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Broich

Location of Broich in North Rhine-Westphalia

Until 1913 Broich was an independent municipality in what was then the Kempen district in the Prussian Rhine province . Its former area now belongs to the city of Kempen in the Viersen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The municipality Broich comprised the largest part of the village of St. Hubert (a small part of St. Hubert belonged to the municipality of Orbroich ), the settlements of Bendheide, Escheln and Voesch as well as numerous individual farms to the west and south of St. Hubert. In 1885 the community covered an area of ​​13.0 km².

The Neimeshof on the former territory of the municipality of Broich

history

Broich was originally one of the six honors of the Electoral Cologne office of Kempen. The other five honors were Schmalbroich , Orbroich , Benrad , the Kleine Honschaft, which later became St. Tönis , and the Große Honschaft, which later became Vorst .

Since the French era , Broich was, alongside Orbroich, one of the two rural communities of the St. Hubert mayor in the Prussian district of Kempen. On April 1, 1913, Broich was merged with Orbroich to form the parish of St. Hubert . St. Hubert in turn was incorporated into Kempen in 1970.

Population development

year Residents source
1864 1780
1885 2119
1910 2145

Architectural monuments

Architectural monuments in the area of ​​the former municipality of Broich include the Beyertzhof, the Bliexhof, the Neimeshof, the former Wackertapp mill, the Catholic parish church of St. Hubert with its rectory, the Marienheim, the former weaver's house and the former Catholic elementary school.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2017 (digitized version).
  2. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province 1885, p. 78
  3. ^ Rheinische Post: The office of Kempen and its honors
  4. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1913, p. 90
  5. ^ Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf 1867
  6. ↑ www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Kempen