Havert

Havert Selfkant municipality Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′ 16 " N , 5 ° 54 ′ 33" E
Height :	45 (40-45) m
Residents :	554 (Jun. 30, 2016)
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	52538
Area code :	02456
	Location of Havert in Selfkant
	Map of the municipality of Selfkant

Parish church

Entrance

Place-name sign

Local development

Blooming townscape

House dewlaps

Listed house

Havert on the new recording from 1912

Havert on the original cadastral map from 1846

Havert on the tranchot map 1803–1820

Wayside cross

Havert is a village in the municipality of Selfkant in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Havert is a place in the German municipality of Selfkant. 522 inhabitants live there. The name Havert means ash wood and is first mentioned in 1020. The west tower of St Gertrudis Church was built in 1525. The oldie party for the benefit of children with cancer is held there every year. Havert borders on the places Stein and Millen-Bruch . The listed manor house Wammen was mentioned in a document as early as 1689.

The bell founder Johannes Bourlet settled in Havert around 1669 .

Havert
church
Manor dewlap

Waters

In heavy rain and when snowmelts , the surface water flows from the Havert area into the Saeffelbach (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

Echt-Susteren (NL)	Breakage	Aan Reijans (NL)
Isenbruch		Saeffelen
Millen	Tüddern	Höngen

Type of settlement

Havert is a single-line, predominantly built-up street village on both sides , adjoining a castle (Haus Wammen) with ditches.

history

Place name

1118 Havert
1462 Havart
1666 Havert
1803 Havert

Local history

Havert belonged to the Jülich office of Millen. At the beginning of the 12th century Havert was owned by the glory Wassenberg . Gerhard von Wassenberg had the right of patronage to the Church of St. Gertrud zu Havert, which he transferred in 1118 to the Georgsstift founded by him. In 1260 the local manor and jurisdiction was in the hands of the Lords of Millen. After this rule was transferred to Heinsberg , the farm and lands of Havent appeared as a Heinsberg fief in the 14th century. (Haus Burg, Haus Wammen) Isenbruch and Schalbruch belonged to the Havert court .

Havert had a total of 350 inhabitants in 1828. Havert formed with Isenbruch and Schalbruch the municipality Havert, which belonged to the Office Selfkant.

From April 23, 1949 to July 31, 1963, the Selfkant and thus also the Havert municipality was under Dutch contract administration. 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. Gertrud Havert was with Isenbruch , Lind, Schalbruch and stone an independent parish . The majority of the population consists of Catholics .

The first documentary mention of the Church of St. Gertrud in Havert is known from the year 1118, when Gerhard von Wassenberg, who had the right of patronage, transferred it to the Georgsstift.

In the course of the parish reforms in the Diocese of Aachen, the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Gertrud 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. Havert is a locality and is represented by a local mayor in the community council according to § 3 (2) . Heinz-Josef Dahlmanns is the mayor of Havert. (Stand 2013)

Infrastructure

In June 2013, 922 people lived in Havert.

There are several farms with animal husbandry , a horse farm, a company for electrical installation and heating , a wood construction company , a blacksmith , a locksmith 's shop , a car workshop and a car dealership , a shop for fruit and vegetables , a rental company for construction machinery , a management consultancy , a bakery , a company for packaging technology , a dental laboratory , a company for motorcycles and accessories , a hairdresser and several companies for small businesses .

A community center stands for the riflemen, drum corps and fire brigade.

The kindergarten was built by the local associations.

There are several bus stops in the AVV , served by lines 436 and 438.

The place has a connection to the cycling network NRW .

Attractions

Catholic parish church St. Gertrud, as monument No. 6 ( stained glass in the parish church St. Gertrud )
House Wammen courtyard, as memorial no.32
Hofanlage, Hauptstrasse 64, as memorial no.45
Wegekreuz, corner of Hauptstraße-Kreuzstraße, as monument No. 9

societies

Selfkant volunteer fire brigade , Havert-Schalbruch extinguishing unit

St. John of Nepomuk Rifle Brotherhood Havert

Spielmannszug 1920 Edelweiß Havert eV

Church choir St. Cäcillia Havert

Selfkant-Havert riding and driving association

Sports club SV 1967 Havert-Stein eV

Social association VdK - local association Selfkant looks after Havert

Regular events

Brotherhood bird shot
Patronage festival and fair in Havert
St. Martin's parade in Havert

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

Am Kreuzberg, Auf den Hoecken, Filterskoul, Hauptstrasse, Haverter Weg, Kreuzstrasse, Mühlenweg

literature

Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen: Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3rd edition. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 , pp. 684-686
Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg. Heinsberg 1993, ISBN 3-925620-13-3 , p. 245
Leo Gillessen: On place names and settlement studies of the southern Selfkant district. Heimatkalender 1971, pp. 41–50
Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ German basic map 1: 5000
↑ http://www.selfkant.de/component/content/article/80-buergerservice/93-zahlen-ffekten.html
^ The Duncker Collection. on the website of the Central and State Library Berlin
↑ List of waters. (PDF; 1.1 MB) on the website of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia.
↑ Area directory. ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 556 kB) on the website of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia.
↑ August 1st is a striking day for the Selfkant. on: aachener-zeitung.de , February 4, 2013.
^ Law on the restructuring of communities in the Selfkant district of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg. From June 24, 1969 to : recht.nrw.de
↑ St. Gertrud, Havert ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[DGK5-1] German basic map 1: 5000

[2] ttp://www.selfkant.de/component/content/article/80-buergerservice/93-zahlen-ffekten.html

[3] The Duncker Collection. on the website of the Central and State Library Berlin

[4] List of waters. (PDF; 1.1 MB) on the website of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia.

[5] Area directory. ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 556 kB) on the website of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia.

[6] August 1st is a striking day for the Selfkant. on: aachener-zeitung.de , February 4, 2013.

[7] Law on the restructuring of communities in the Selfkant district of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg. From June 24, 1969 to : recht.nrw.de

[8] St. Gertrud, Havert ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )