Schwaam

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Schwaam
City of Wegberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 30 ″  N , 6 ° 16 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 55-60 m above sea level NN
Residents : 145  (Jun 30, 2012)
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02434
House Geerkens in Schwaam
Thatched roof house in Schwaam
Gasthof Timmermans in Schwaam
Thatched roof farm in Schwaam

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

geography

Schwaam is located north of Wegberg on state road 367.

Neighboring places

Venheyde Waldniel
Merbeck Neighboring communities NATO headquarters
Clinic Wegberg Rickelrath

history

The small town is located on the Schwalm lowlands . His name could also come from Middle High German, in which “Swam” means flood, alluvial land. But it can also be based on the word “swahm”, brodem, haze, which is often found in the damp lowlands.

A number of half-timbered and thatched- roof houses are striking in this small town . The most beautiful and oldest is the Geerkens house. It was built in 1616 as a large, representative courtyard. The thatched roof is supported by mighty oak beams that have been doing their job for almost 400 years. The basement floor is also interesting. It is laid as a mosaic from flat pebbles .

Infrastructure

In June 2011 153 people lived in Schwaam. There are several farms and horse farms, an inn, a hotel and several guest houses. A bus and school bus stop provides connections to the schools as well as to the cities of Wegberg, Erkelenz and Mönchengladbach .

Attractions

  • Field cross, on Halfesweg as monument no.110
  • Half-timbered thatched roof homestead, Zum Thomeshof 7 as monument no.111
  • Thatched roof farmstead, Rickelrather Straße 50 as monument no.112
  • Brick courtyard, Rickelrather Strasse 30 as monument no.113
  • Thatched-roof homestead, Rickelrather Straße 34 as monument no.114
  • Thatched roof homestead, Rickelrather Straße 4 as monument no.115
  • Half-timbered barn, Rickelrather Straße as monument no.116
  • Landgasthof, Zum Thomeshof 4 as monument no.168
  • Pension zum Thomeshof, Zum Thomeshof 27 as monument no.171

societies

  • Schwaam village community
  • Amazon Hunting Horn Corps "Diana" Wegberg
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Rickelrath fire fighting group, responsible for the village of Schwaam

literature

  • Wegberg cultural guide. Stadtmarketing-Team der Stadt Wegberg, Wegberg 2007, pp. 140–141.

Web links

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