Burgwaldniel

Burgwaldniel municipality Schwalmtal Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 48 ″ N , 6 ° 16 ′ 24 ″ E
Area :	2.29 km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1915
Incorporated into:	Waldniel
Postal code :	41366
Area code :	02163
Location of Burgwaldniel in North Rhine-Westphalia

Until 1915, Burgwaldniel was a municipality in what was then the Kempen district in the Prussian Rhine Province . It included the historic center of Waldniel . Today your area belongs to the municipality of Schwalmtal in the district of Viersen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

House from the 17th century

Catholic Parish Church of St. Michael

geography

The municipality of Burgwaldniel comprised the historic center of Waldniel within the medieval ramparts. In 1885 the community covered an area of 2.29 km².

history

The community name Burgwaldniel comes from the French era , when the two independent Mairien Burgwaldniel (from the French bourg = patch) and Kirspelwaldniel were formed in 1800 . The spots Waldniel belonged until then to Office Brueggen of the Duchy of Jülich . Coming under Prussian rule in 1815, Burgwaldniel belonged to the Kempen district in the Düsseldorf administrative district . By the name component castle Burgwaldniel was from the surrounding, consisting of purely agricultural towns community Kirspelwaldniel distinguished.

On April 1, 1915, the three communities Burgwaldniel, Kirspelwaldniel and Lüttelforst were merged to form the new community and mayor's office Waldniel . Waldniel in turn merged with Amern in 1970 to form the Schwalmtal community.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1832	1174
1861	1522
1871	1473
1885	1591
1910	1571

literature

Jakob Kirschkamp: A contribution to the history of Burgwaldniel . Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1896.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885
^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1914, p. 536
^ Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).
^ Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
↑ 1871 census
↑ Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .

[g1885-1] Community encyclopedia for the Rhine Province 1885

[2] Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1914, p. 536

[viebahn-3] Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, accessed on May 5, 2019 (digitized version).

[mulmann-4] Otto von Mülmann : Statistics of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1865, Retrieved June 6, 2019 .

[g1871-5] 1871 census

[6] Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on February 2, 2017 .