Schönhausen (Wegberg)

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Schönhausen
City of Wegberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 17 ″  N , 6 ° 19 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 69–72 m above sea level NN
Residents : 159  (Jun 30, 2012)
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02434
The old chapel in 1969 shortly before demolition
Monument No. 108 in Wegberg
The new chapel from 1972
Tranchot map 1806

Schönhausen is a district of the Mittelstadt Wegberg in the district of Heinsberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Schönhausen is located southeast of Wegberg. The Beeck stream flows from Erkelenz coming to southwestern bypassing straight through the village Schoenhausen and empties into Wegberg in the Schwalm . In 1999 the Beeckbach was renatured for flood protection.

Neighboring places

Moorshoven Kipshoven
Holtum Neighboring communities Flour bush
Kehrbusch Isengraben Rath-Anhoven

history

The first known documentary mention of Schönhausen is in the year 1325. In the local calendar of 1966 the Lords of Moorshoven are described, where on page 44 the place Schönhausen is named with Schonhusen . In 1505 it became Schonesen , in 1554 the place was called Schoinhuissen and in 1669 Schoenhusen .

Infrastructure

  • In June 2011 154 people lived in Schönhausen.
  • Several small businesses have their headquarters in Schönhausen.
  • A school bus stop provides connections to the schools in Beeck and Wegberg.
  • A children's playground was created in-house.

Attractions

  • Chapel built in 1972. It is dedicated to St. Anthony consecrated as the successor to the chapel from 1854 to 1969.
  • Village cross from 1746 as memorial no.108
  • Half-timbered house from the 18th century as monument no.109
  • Memorial stone with the dates of the village history

societies

  • Chapel community Bissen-Felderhof-Schönhausen
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Moorshoven fire fighting group, also responsible for the town of Schönhausen.
  • Village community Schönhausen eV
  • St. Martin Society. Founded in 1913. Organizes the traditional Martinszug through Moorshoven, Bissen, Felderhof and Schönhausen.

literature

  • Walter Föhl: The gentlemen from Morshoven. In: Home calendar of the Erkelenzer Lande. 1966, ZDB -ID 214265-x , pp. 39-51.
  • Bernd Limburg: 100 years of Moorshoven volunteer fire brigade. Origin and history 1894–1994. Voluntary fire department Moorshoven, Wegberg 2004.
  • Wegberg cultural guide. City marketing team of the City of Wegberg, Wegberg 2007.

Web links

Commons : Schönhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schwalmverband.de/sv-site/seiten/projekte/ren_masshaben/beeckbach.html