Leiffarth

Leiffarth City of Geilenkirchen Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 46 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 24 ″  E
Height :	65–81 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	668  (Jan 31, 2015)
Postal code :	52511
Area code :	02453
Leiffarth in the Würm district

Leiffarth is a street village with 668 inhabitants (2016), which belongs as a district to Geilenkirchen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg . It is the largest place within the Geilenkirchen city district "Würm", which it forms together with the places Flahstraß , Honsdorf , Müllendorf and Würm .

geography

Moth Leiffahrth

Leiffarth is about eight kilometers northeast of Geilenkirchen, on both sides of the Beeckfließ , between the villages of Beeck and Honsdorf and immediately adjacent to Würm . The highest point is 81.6 meters and is formed by a former motte (cultural monument), near the parcel "Burgberg".

Neighboring places

Leiffarth is completely surrounded by Geilenkirchen city area. It borders directly on Würm and Honsdorf. Other neighborhoods are Flahstrasse, Lindern and Beeck .

history

Leiffarth and surroundings around 1800

Leiffarth looks back on hundreds of years of history. In 1390 Burgundian troops destroyed Borberg Castle in Leiffarth.

During the Second World War , Leiffarth was fiercely contested. A drawing of the destroyed Leiffarth shows the cover picture of the first edition of the book "The Battle of Germany" by Theodore Draper, published in January 1946.

Leiffarth in the transition to Honsdorf and Würm in the background

religion

The vast majority of the Leiffarther people belong to the Roman Catholic Church and thus to the parish of St. Gereon in Würm. The Catholic Church also has a significant impact on social life in Leiffarth and neighboring Würm (e.g. Catholic kindergarten, Catholic primary school, shooting brotherhoods, Catholic women's community). Protestant residents of Leiffarth belong to the Protestant parish of Randerath.

Leiffarth, coming from Beeck

economy

Leiffarth has the essential offers for daily needs (e.g. shoemaker, bank) and some medium-sized businesses in the trade. Agriculture is also practiced on a small scale . The immediate transition of the development to Würm indirectly adds additional facilities (e.g. day care center, carpenter, gas / water / electrical installation companies, hairdressers and others).

Public facilities

The Würm fire fighting unit of the volunteer fire brigade of the city of Geilenkirchen is stationed in Leiffarth . The fire station was built in 2002 and is located on Linderner Strasse. In addition to the vehicles and equipment, the building also contains the training room, an office, social rooms, washrooms, changing rooms and a kitchen.

Local public transport

Leiffarth is connected to the public transport network of the Aachener Verkehrs-Verbund with the WestVerkehr bus line 494. 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

Club life

Due to the intertwining development of Würm and Leiffarth and the communal ties between the parish, school district and sports club in Würm, Leiffarth is also active in the Würmer clubs. (e.g. sports, music, shooting and carnival clubs). Nevertheless, there are also local club activities in Leiffarth, e.g. B. the St. Hubertus - Shooting Brotherhood . The central point of local life and the club restaurant was the restaurant in the center of the village until around 2005.

former restaurant in Leiffarth (photo around 1950)

regional customs

A local peculiarity is the tapping of the cock at the time of Fastnacht (Carnival).

Leiffarth am Beeckfließ with Leiffarther Hof in the background

literature

• Alt-Geilenkirchen and its neighbors . Historical illustrated book from and around Geilenkirchen. Fred Gatzen Verlag, Geilenkirchen 1986, ISBN 3-923219-06-7 .
• Walter Scheufen: Geilenkirchen and its village communities . Stadt-Bild-Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-937126-51-7 .

Web links

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

• Website of the city of Geilenkirchen
• Monuments in the city of Geilenkirchen
• Churches and chapels in the city of Geilenkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/geilenkirchen/einwohnerzahl-steig-geilenkirchen-so-gross-wie-nie-1.1267468 according to. Population register as of December 31, 2015.
2. ↑ http://www.tim-online.nrw.de/ Deutsche Grundkarte, M 1: 2000
3. ↑ Reinhard Friedrich, Bernd Päffgen: Medieval castle complexes in the Cologne Bay and northern Eifel until the end of the 13th century. Bonn 2007
4. ↑ http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/geilenkirchen/wuermer-land-in-haenden-der-westfalen-1.733664 The story of Würm and Leiffarth
5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ http://www.west-verkehr.de/images/pdf/west_multibus_karte.pdf Multibus operation in the Heinsberg district
7. ↑ Rhineland customs, Hahneköppe  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.