Oberwestrich

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Oberwestrich
City of Erkelenz
Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 43 ″  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : approx. 75 m
Residents : 9  (Jun 30, 2020)
Postal code : 41812
Area code : 02431
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Location of Oberwestrich in the Rhenish lignite district

Oberwestrich is a small, rural district of Erkelenz in the Heinsberg district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Oberwestrich is located in the mining area of ​​the Garzweiler II opencast mine , so the place is to be dredged and relocated in the near future. Under the motto "Human rights before mining rights", residents of the Erkelenz villages Keyenberg, Kuckum, Berverath and Ober- and Unterwestrich have announced legal resistance to their expropriation by RWE.

geography

View of Oberwestrich

Oberwestrich is on the edge of the Erkelenzer Börde .

location

Neighboring towns of Oberwestrich are Unterwestrich in the north, Keyenberg in the east, Holzweiler in the south and Berverath in the south-west .

history

In 1377 a free aristocratic court, the Hoyve tot Westrich, was first named. The Benedictine Abbey of Gladbach owned interest goods in Westrich from 1285 to 1794. The Kreuzherrenkloster von Wickrath had a hereditary lease, which was leased to the hereditary tenants.

Oberwestrich belonged to the neighboring town of Keyenberg in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period . During the French period from 1794 to 1814 Oberwestrich belonged to the Mairie Kuckum and from 1816 to 1935 to the mayor's office of Keyenberg. In 1935 this mayor's office was dissolved and incorporated into the Holzweiler office. On January 1, 1972, Oberwestrich came to the city of Erkelenz.

Place name

In 1285 the place Westrich was first mentioned in a document. The name can be derived from the two Old High German words westar (= west) and richi (= empire, region) and refers to the neighboring town of Kuckum .

Westrich mill

The isolated settlement of Westricher Mühle is located south of Oberwestrich and east of Berverath . With its name it is reminiscent of the Westricher windmill , a tower windmill that was built around 1800. Milling was stopped around 1930 and the mill was broken down.

religion

The majority of the population is Catholic. Oberwestrich has always been part of the Keyenberg parish . There is no chapel . Since this parish was dissolved since 2010 and merged with other former parishes to form the parish of St. Maria and Elisabeth Erkelenz, Oberwestrich is now also included.

traffic

Street

The A 61 runs east of Oberwestrich and the next junction is at Mönchengladbach-Wanlo .

rail

The nearest train station is in Mönchengladbach-Herrath , about 4 kilometers northwest of Westrich.

bus

Westrich is served by the EK 1 bus line (Erkelenz – Keyenberg). The connections to Mönchengladbach , Cologne and Aachen are therefore good.

Attractions

  • Neo-Gothic wooden wayside cross. It's in the niche of a brick house.
  • Two baroque tombstones from the 18th century stand opposite the crossroads on private property. They originally stood in the Bedburgdyck cemetery.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Update of the population on June 30, 2020 (PDF). In: Website of the city of Erkelenz. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/erkelenz/garzweiler-anwohner-kuendigen-juristische- resistance-gegen-rwe-tagebau-an_aid- 46192017
  3. ^ 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. 307 .

literature

  • Karl L. Mackes, Erkelenzer Börde and Niersquellgebiet , series of publications of the city of Erkelenz No. 6, Mönchengladbach 1985