Höngen (Selfkant)

Höngen Selfkant municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 19 ″ N , 5 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	53 (46-53) m
Residents :	1342 (Jun. 30, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	52538
Area code :	02456
	Location of Höngen in Selfkant
	Map of the municipality of Selfkant

Birder chapel

Höngen, St. Lambertus Church

Crossroads on Heerstraße as monument no.22

Place-name sign

Brick courtyard, as monument no.34

Catholic rectory, as monument no.36

House Dilia, as monument no.17

Half-timbered courtyard, as monument no.47

Old school

Höngen on the new recording from 1912

Höngen on the original cadastral map from 1846

Höngen on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

Höngen is a village in the municipality of Selfkant in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the far west of Germany.

geography

location

Höngen is located in the northern part of the municipality of Selfkant, on the former transit road N 274, now state road 410 , which leads from Koningsbosch to Brunssum. State road 228 and district road 2 run through the village .

Waters

In heavy rain and when snowmelts , the surface water flows from the Höngen area over the Saeffeler Bach into the Rodebach (GEWKZ 281822) and then further into the Maas . The Rodebach has a length of 28.918 km with a total catchment area of 173.385 km².

Neighboring places

Havert	stone	Saeffelen
Millen		Großwehrhagen
Tüddern	Süsterseel	Hastenrath

Type of settlement

Höngen is a multi-row street village with buildings on both sides, above the Saeffelbach.

history

Place name

1277 Hoyngen
1326 Hoengen
14th century Hoynghe
1404 Hoynden
1533 Hoengen
1666 Hoengen
1912 Höngen

Local history

Höngen used to belong to the Jülich office of Millen. The basic rule to Höngen came with the reign Millen to the lords of Heinsberg . According to the oldest Heinsberg fiefdom register , Gottfried von Gansweiden with the homonymous farm near Höngen was enfeoffed with land and a mill in the 14th century. The Gansweider Gut and other goods in Höngen were subordinate to the Gangelt court and were fiefs of the Mannkammer Millen since the 15th century . The tithe was owned by the Heinsberg Gangolfuss pen, which acquired it around 1404.

In 1828 Höngen had a total of 656 inhabitants. Together with Biesen, Dieck, Groß- and Kleinwehrhagen, Höngen formed the municipality of Höngen, which belonged to the Selfkant office.

From April 23, 1949 to July 31, 1963, Selfkant and thus also the municipality of Höngen were under Dutch contract management. The repatriation took place on August 1, 1963 after payment of 280 million D-Marks .

With the law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg of June 24, 1969, the following change of area came into force on July 1, 1969.

§ 1 (1) The municipalities of Havert , Hillensberg , Höngen, Millen , Süsterseel, Tüddern, Wehr (Selfkant office) and the Saeffelen municipality (Waldfeucht office) will be merged to form a new municipal municipality. The community is given the name Selfkant.

§ 1 (2) The Office Selfkant is dissolved. The legal successor is the municipality of Selfkant.

Church history

The parish of St. Lambertus Höngen was with fracture, upper and lower weir Hagen, an independent parish . The majority of the population consists of Catholics .

Already at the turn of the millennium there was a chapel in Höngen, which was under the parish of Gangelt. In 1227 Höngen received the right to a parish church. The present church was consecrated in 1952 after it was destroyed by the war.

In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen, the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Lambertus Höngen was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Servatius Selfkant.

politics

According to § 3 (1) of the main statute of the Selfkant municipality, the municipality is divided into localities. Höngen is a locality and is represented by a local mayor in the municipal council in accordance with Section 3 (2) . Bert Fehlen is the head of the village of Höngen. (As of 2018)

Events

The Höngen trade association held the Lambertus Market every autumn, at which regional traders present themselves.

Agriculture

Agriculture in Höngen is characterized by dairy cattle and cattle farming as well as diverse crop rotations with grain, maize, rape, sugar beet, potatoes, peas, beans, field grass and chicory.

Infrastructure

In June 2013 there were 1280 people living in Höngen.
There are several farms with animal husbandry , several horse farms, a company for heating , plumbing and electrical installation , a bakery , a hotel with a restaurant , a butcher , a veterinary practice , a company for solid construction , a shop for haberdashery and clothing , and an investment advisor , a service provider , a plasterer , a company for roller shutters and awnings , a tax advisor , a dental practice , a car workshop , a bank and a savings bank , a waste disposal facility , a tree nursery , a driving school , a physiotherapist , several showmen and companies for small businesses .
A youth center in the old school
Community secondary school Selfkantschule Höngen
Gangelt-Selfkant comprehensive school
Catholic kindergarten Höngen
Youth education center of the KJG Selfkant
St. Josef retirement and nursing home
A children's playground is available
A sports field and several tennis courts are available
Several stops on bus lines 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439 and SB3.
The place has a connection to the cycling network NRW

Attractions

Catholic parish church St. Lambertus, as monument no.11
Stained glass parish church [1]
House Dilia, An Dilia, as monument no.17
Wegekreuz, Heerstraße 1, as memorial no.22
Crossroads, confluence with Birder Strasse, as monument no.26
Wegekreuz, on the K 15, as monument no.33
Brick courtyard, Krouw 4, as monument no.34
Catholic rectory, Kirchstraße 13, as monument no.36
Half-timbered courtyard, Lambertusstrasse 4, as a memorial 47
Chapel, on Birder Strasse, as monument no.49
Alte Schule, Kirchstrasse 13, as monument no.51
Cemetery wall and tombs, as memorial no.50

societies

Selfkant volunteer fire brigade , Höngen-Saeffelen extinguishing unit

St. Johannes Baptist Shooting Brotherhood Höngen

IG Höngener Carnival

Drummers, Whistlers and Fanfare Corps Höngen eV

Men's Choir St. Josef Höngen

Church choir St. Cäcilia Höngen

Velo-Club-Selfkant-Höngen

Homeland Association Selfkant eVHöngen

Sports club Höngen / Saeffelen 1996 eV

TC Freizeitspaß Höngen eV

Sozialverband VdK - local association Selfkant looks after Höngen

Women's community Höngen

Regular events

Brotherhood bird shot
Patronage festival and fair in Höngen
St. Martin parade in Höngen
Carnival sessions and tulip Sunday parade

traffic

Motorway connection

BAB	Route section	Junction	distance
A46	Heinsberg - Düsseldorf	AS Heinsberg	15 km
A44	Aachen - Mönchengladbach	AS Aldenhoven	30 km
A4	Aachen - Cologne	AS Weisweiler	40 km

Rail connection

From Geilenkirchen train station (approx. 15 km away)

line	Line designation	Line course
RE 4	Wupper Express	Aachen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Dortmund
RB 33	Rhine-Niers Railway	Aachen - Mönchengladbach - Krefeld - Duisburg
RB 20	Euregiobahn	Aachen - Geilenkirchen

Street names

Aan Schniewind, Am Saeffelbach, Am Sportplatz, An der Mühle, An Dilia, Biesener Weg, Birder Straße, Frankenstraße, Gastesweg, Gen Hoefke, Gut Schwertscheid, Heerstraße, Kirchstraße, Klosterpfad, Krouw, Laaker Weg, Lambertusstraße, Op de Berg, Pfarrer -Meising-Straße, Prunkweg, Raiffeisenstraße, Selfkantstraße, Weiherstraße, Westerholzer Straße, Zehntweg

literature

Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3. Edition. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 , pp. 687-690
Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg , ISBN 3-925620-13-3 , p. 248
Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830