Honsdorf

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Honsdorf
City of Geilenkirchen
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 6 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 18 ″  E
Height : 61  (58-65)  m
Residents : 125  (December 31, 2015)
Postal code : 52511
Area code : 02453
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Location of Honsdorf in Geilenkirchen
Honsdorf in April 2017
Honsdorf in April 2017

Honsdorf is a district of Geilenkirchen in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

location

Honsdorf is located northeast of the core town of Geilenkirchen on the northern city limits on the edge of the Wurmtal below a terrace slope.

Waters

The Beeckfließ in Honsdorf, in the background Haus Honsdorf

The Beeckfließ (GEWKZ 28286) runs through Honsdorf . Before the colliery closed, the Beeckfließ also served as a mine and service water channel for the former Carl Alexander mine in Baesweiler . It flows through the villages of Floverich , Apweiler , Beeck , Leiffarth and Honsdorf and flows into the Wurm after 13.3 km below Honsdorf. Before Beeck, the Beeckfließ picks up the water from the Gereonsweiler Fließ. Behind Beeck, the water flows in from the Immendorfer Fließ.

Neighboring places

Nirm Randerath Fallow
Flahstrasse Neighboring communities Alleviate
Worm Leiffarth Beeck

Type of settlement

Honsdorf is a loosely built hamlet . The remains of the former moated castle Haus Honsdorf are now a larger farm on the north-western edge of the village.

history

Drawing of the moated castle in Honsdorf, which today only remains in ruins (from the picture inventory of the former Harff Castle )
Honsdorf on the Tranchot map , 1803–1820

Place name

  • 1170 (de) Hundestorp
  • 1244 (de) Hunzthorpe
  • 1451 Honssdorp
  • 1540 Honxstrop
  • 1666 Honstorp

Local history

In earlier times Honsdorf belonged to the Jülich office of Randerath . The castle of Honsdorf was a Randerather fief . For the local history, see the article on the Honsdorf house itself.

Honsdorf had a total of 103 inhabitants in 1828, belonging to the mayor's office of Würm . In 1852 there were 246 inhabitants and the place still belonged to the mayor's office of Würm and thus to the Immendorf-Würm office. As part of the regional reform , the Immendorf-Würm office was dissolved on January 1, 1972. Legal successor is the city of Geilenkirchen according to Section 29 of the Aachen Act .

church

Honsdorf and the places Beeck, Flahstrasse, Kleinsiersdorf, Leiffarth, Müllendorf, Thomashof and Würm form the Roman Catholic parish of Würm. In the course of a parish reform in the diocese of Aachen , the formerly independent Catholic parish of St. Gereon Würm was incorporated into the Community of Parishes (GdG) St. Bonifatius Geilenkirchen .

politics

According to the main statute of the city of Geilenkirchen , the place is part of the Geilenkirchen district of Würm , which it forms together with the places Leiffarth , Flahstraß , Müllendorf and Würm . The municipality of Würm with currently (2012) 1568 inhabitants (Würm, Leiffarth, Müllendorf, Honsdorf, Flahstrasse) is represented by a mayor in the city council of Geilenkirchen.

Attractions

  • Haus Honsdorf, outbuilding
  • House Honsdorf, tenant house
  • Backhaus, behind the residential building Honsdorf No. 64

  • Haus Honsdorf, outbuilding

  • Haus Honsdorf, tenant house, courtyard side

  • Bakery behind house number 64

Infrastructure

  • In November 2012 there were 129 people living in Honsdorf.
  • A route of the NRW cycle network touches the town 500 m away .

Local public transport Sign 224 - tram stop, StVO 1970.svg

Honsdorf is connected to the public transport network of the Aachener Verkehrs-Verbund by a WestVerkehr bus line. The immediate surrounding towns and the Lindern train station can be reached with the short-haul tariff (€ 1.70). In addition to the buses that run according to the timetable on fixed lines, the multi-bus can also be requested.

line course
494 Geilenkirchen Bf  - Süggerath  - Müllendorf  - Würm  - ( Beeck  -) Leiffarth  - ( Flahstraß  - Honsdorf  -) Lindern Bf  - Linnich  SIG Combibloc

societies

  • Friends of the local associations Würm e. V.
  • Catholic women's community of the parish of Würm

Street names

There are no street names in Honsdorf. Instead of the street name and the house number, the place name Honsdorf and the house number appear in the postal address.

literature

  • Episcopal General Vicariate Aachen (ed.): Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen. 3. Edition. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 , pp. 720-721.
  • Leo Gillessen: The localities of the district of Heinsberg. Their names, topography and history (= series of publications of the district of Heinsberg. Volume 7). District of Heinsberg, Heinsberg 1994, ISBN 3-925620-13-3 , p. 131.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information according to German basemap 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Jessica Küppers: Population increases: Geilenkirchen bigger than ever. In: Aachener Zeitung . Edition of January 13, 2016 ( online ; according to the population register, as of December 31, 2015).
  3. ↑ List of waters in Excel format from the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
  4. ^ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 769 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Main statutes of the city of Geilenkirchen (PDF; 5 MB)
  6. ↑ Rhinelandbus timetable, line 494 (PDF; 16 kB) ( Memento from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Multibus operation in the Heinsberg district (PDF; 1.8 MB)