Rollesbroich

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Rollesbroich
community Simmerath
Rollesbroich district logo
Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 43 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 44 ″  E
Height : 500 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1089  (December 31, 2011)
Postal code : 52152
Area code : 02473
Rollesbroich (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Rollesbroich

Location of Rollesbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia

Rollesbroich (spoken: Rollesbr u ch) is a northern part of the municipality of Simmerath in the North Rhine-Westphalian urban region of Aachen with around 1100 inhabitants. Rollesbroich is characterized by its rural and quiet location.

geography

The Rossbach flows south of Rollesbroich and the Tiefenbach to the east. Rollesbroich is about 500  m above sea level. NN . The Kalltalsperre is located directly at the Rollesbroich forest .

history

Religions

The Catholic parish is called “St. Immaculate conception".

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • In Rollesbroich is the school camp of the municipal high school Herzogenrath.
  • The neighboring Kalltalsperre , the Kaiserfelsen and the Silberscheid farm from the 18th century are well worth seeing .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The place is on the state road 160 between Hürtgenwald ( Düren district ) and Simmerath-Mitte. The next junction is Aachen-Brand on the A 44 . There is an industrial and commercial area Rollesbroich.

education

At that time the place had a small school that was there for the children of the village. For many years, however, this has been replaced by the surrounding schools. There are two kindergartens in Rollesbroich:

  • Kindergarten of the district of Aachen "Happy Raven Nest"
  • Catholic kindergarten Helena Stollenwerk

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

  • A famous daughter of the place is the founder of the order Helena Stollenwerk .
  • Carlo Thränhardt (high jumper) once lived here for a while. His mother still lives in Rollesbroich.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures in the community of Simmerath (main residence) at www.simmerath.de