Oberbruch

Oberbruch City of Heinsberg Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 40 ″ N , 6 ° 8 ′ 49 ″ E
Height :	41 m above sea level NN
Area :	7.89 km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1969
Incorporated into:	Oberbruch Dremmen
Postal code :	52525
Area code :	02452

Oberbruch is a district of the district town of Heinsberg in the Heinsberg district and is located southeast of the core town.

geography

Neighboring places from Oberbruch are Dremmen in the south, Heinsberg in the west, Unterbruch in the northwest and Ratheim in the east.

history

A broiker buysch is first mentioned in a document in 1382, but it is unclear whether this was already a settlement. A farmstead ( hoff in dem Broik ), which belonged to the Heinsberg fief, is mentioned for the first time in 1449. Oberbruch belonged to the Dremmen court until the 19th century; the Catholic parish even belonged to the parish of Dremmen until 1910, when it became the rectorate.

In 1852 Oberbruch was a hamlet with 22 buildings and 115 inhabitants. It belonged to a community association "Oberbruch", which also included the villages of Eschweiler , Grebben and Hülhoven , the hamlets of Hagen and Niethausen as well as various farmstead groups (e.g. Bleckden or Kranzes) and individual buildings (e.g. Kivit or Oberbruchermühle). Today's Oberbruch has grown together from most of these settlement centers.

On January 1, 1969, the place was incorporated into Oberbruch-Dremmen . Oberbruch has been part of Heinsberg since January 1st, 1972.

Place name

The place name is derived from the field name Bruch . The epithet "Ober-" (Over-), which was added in the 16th century, distinguishes the place from the neighboring Unterbruch.

Local nickname

The low-lying place was regularly - in some years even several times - hit by floods of the worm. The inhabitants of the neighboring towns gave the Oberbrucher the nickname "Waterratte" (dialect for water rats ).

Culture and sights

Monuments

Sculpture "Der Glaswalzenträger" by Arno Breker

see also the list of monuments in Heinsberg (location "Oberbruch")

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The United Glanzstoff-Fabriken AG was a stock corporation whose works produced artificial silk . The headquarters of the AG was Wuppertal-Elberfeld , the main plant was also in Heinsberg-Oberbruch.

education

From the 2014/2015 school year there will be a comprehensive school in the Oberbruch district.

traffic

DB class V 90 in the Oberbruch goods transfer point

train

The Heinsberg-Oberbruch station is on the Lindern – Heinsberg (Rheinl) railway line . Freight traffic is handled by the Oberbruch Chemical Park ; Since December 2013, it has also been used again by regional train line 33 for passenger services.

line	Train run	Clock frequency
RB 33	Rhein-Niers-Bahn : Heinsberg (Rheinl) - Heinsberg Kreishaus - Heinsberg-Oberbruch - Heinsberg-Dremmen - Heinsberg-Porselen - Heinsberg-Horst - Heinsberg-Randerath - Lindern - Geilenkirchen - Übach-Palenberg - Herzogenrath - Kohlscheid - Aachen West - Aachen Schanz - Aachen Hbf Status: timetable change December 2019	60 min

Public transport

line	course
401	Erkelenz Bf - Erkelenz ZOB - Doveren - Hückelhoven - Ratheim - ( Dremmen Bf -) Oberbruch - Grebben - Heinsberg Kreishaus - Heinsberg Busbf
402	Erkelenz ZOB - Erkelenz Bf - Erkelenz Süd - Baal Bf - Doveren - Hückelhoven - Millich - Ratheim - Dremmen Bf - Oberbruch - Grebben - ( Heinsberg Kreishaus -) Heinsberg Busbf
475	( Oberbruch - Unterbruch -) Heinsberg Busbf - Kirchhoven - Haaren - Waldfeucht - Bocket - Breberen - Saeffelen - Höngen - Havert - Schalbruch - Isenbruch - Millen - Tüddern
492	( Oberbruch -) Dremmen Bf - Uetterath - Randerath Bf - Himmerich - Hilfarth
493	Heinsberg bus station - Schafhausen - Eschweiler - Oberbruch - Dremmen - Porselen - Horst - Randerath - Lindern station

new Rur bridge

Bike paths

There are several well-developed bike path connections to the neighboring towns. The situation was improved by the new Rur bridge between Oberbruch and Ratheim; it replaces an old bridge over the Rur which was in disrepair and collapsed in 2005.

Traditionally, there is a strong need for people looking for relaxation in Oberbruch in the pedestrian and bicycle traffic between Oberbruch and the neighboring Ratheimer Adolfosee .

Personalities

Manfred Jansen (1927–2002), German soccer player

literature

Leo Gillessen: Looking back on a millennium. Basics of the local history of Dremmen, Eschweiler, Horst, Hülhoven, Oberbruch, Porselen and Uetterath. Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-89653-913-2 .

Web links

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

Commons : Werksbahn Chemiepark Oberbruch - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Sonderfahrt November 25, 2005 - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 73 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 310 .
↑ Heinsberg-Oberbruch Municipal Comprehensive School goes online in August 2014 Aachener Zeitung, December 2013

[1] Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 73 .

[2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 310 .

[3] Heinsberg-Oberbruch Municipal Comprehensive School goes online in August 2014 Aachener Zeitung, December 2013