Scherpenseel (Übach-Palenberg)

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Scherpenseel
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 40 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : approx. 110–125 m
Residents : 1886  (Aug 2010)
Incorporation : 1935
Incorporated into: Übach-Palenberg
Postal code : 52531
Area code : 02451
Scherpenseel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Scherpenseel

Location of Scherpenseel in North Rhine-Westphalia

Scherpenseel, the Catholic Church
Scherpenseel, the Catholic Church
Scherpenseel, Heerlener Strasse 67
Willi Arlt, sculpture chicken market, 2011, Scherpenseel

Scherpenseel is a western district of Übach-Palenberg in the Heinsberg district and a street village along the L 42 between Ubach over Worms ( NL ) and Geilenkirchen- Teveren . In the center of the village the L 225 (Scherpenseel - Marienberg - Palenberg - Übach - Boscheln - Baesweiler ) meets the L 42.

In August 2010, 1,886 people lived here.

Scherpenseel has a Catholic primary school , a kindergarten and a riding hall. The church “St. Assumption Day". The former customs office is located at the southern end of the village .

history

In 1794, during the French era, the "Scherpenseel" mairie was formed, which became the mayor's office of Scherpenseel from 1816 in the Prussian district of Geilenkirchen . In 1935 the municipality of Übach-Palenberg was created from the merger of Frelenberg , Scherpenseel and Übach .

Mayor of the Scherpenseel mayor's office

  • 1815-1825: Arnold Hilgers
  • 1825–1846: Johann Josef Schnitzler
  • 1846–1849: Gottfried Schopen
  • 1849–1852: Martin Speel sr.
  • 1852–1888: Johann Peter Speel (son of Martin Speel sr.)
  • 1888–1911: Martin Speel (son of Johann Peter Speel)
  • 1911–1923: Karl Ruland
  • 1923–1925: Gustav Hanssen
  • 1925–1935: Franz Bott

traffic

The nearest train station is Übach-Palenberg on the Aachen – Mönchengladbach line . The next junctions are Alsdorf and Aldenhoven on the A 44 and Heinsberg on the A 46 .

societies

  • St. Rochus Schützenbruderschaft 1847 eV
  • SV 09 Scherpenseel-Grothenrath
  • 1. Carnival Society Scherpe-Bösch-Wenk 1955 e. V., until 2017
  • Private music band Scherpenseel 1906 eV

Individual evidence

  1. a b Demography of Übach-Palenberg
  2. AGSB: New landmark: " Chicken market" reminds us of times gone by , in: Aachener Zeitung from July 16, 2017, accessed on February 19, 2020
  3. Aachener Nachrichten: The last Alaaf with tears in his eyes .

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